The human resource management of the Paks II. Nuclear Power Plant was also the topic of a recent International Atomic Energy Agency event in Vienna. On the opening day of the international conference on nuclear knowledge management and human resources development, managing director Róbert Griljov of Paks II. spoke about the company's response to the challenges in the field of human resources management and training. The director pointed out that the European Commission's decision in 2017 required the legal and functional separation of MVM Paks Nuclear Power Plant Ltd., which operates the current four units, and Paks II. Ltd., the project company building the two new units – the appropriate staffing needs to be ensured in light of this decision. 

Róbert Griljov emphasized the fact that the two nuclear companies jointly finance the ESZI Secondary Technical School of Energetics, which is an important base for secondary education in the industry; he spoke about the cooperation with technical universities since 2019 and presented the career model offered by the project company. He also mentioned the continuously expanding knowledge base developed at the company.

– Paks II. will also have to rely on the experience gained from more than forty years of operating units, and it is at least as important to be connected to the international nuclear scene. This symposium is also important for us because of the latter – said Róbert Griljov, adding that he sees the same challenges facing the industry worldwide. 

The five-day conference was opened by Rafael Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, who welcomed the positive changes in the perception of the nuclear industry and the fact that many countries are choosing to speed up their nuclear projects. But this requires investment and political will, but knowledge and manpower as well – he said.