26.01.2017  Office for Informational Police and Public Relations Atomtekhenergo JSC

Atomteckhenergo: Program Control Block simulators are admitted to work in Training Centre of Belarusian NPP

A new stage of operating personnel training of Belarusian NPP Р the training of personnel on ful-scale simulator of Training Centre of Belarusian NPP State Enterprise Р has started.

From 2014 Novovoronezh Training Centre of Atomtekhenergo JSC carries out training within the general contract for Belarusian plant construction. Primarily, the training of operating personnel has started at the premises of Novovoronezh Training Centre of Atomtekhenergo JSC.

In 2016 the training shifted to Astrovyets where the newest Training Centre of Belarusian NPP was put into service. Throughout last year test operation of simulators was executed: approval tests, verification of training scenarios, and validation of mathematical model.


The acceptance commission consisting of representatives of Belarusian NPP, Atomstroyexport Engineering Company JSC, Dzhet Engineering and Technical Centre JSC, and Atomtekhenergo JSC decided to admit to operation ful-scale and analytical simulators as training equipment for the preparation of main control roomХs operating personnel.

The first group of Belarusian NPP personnel that started the training in January 2017 consists of reactor unit equipment and turbine operators. The training is conducted by experienced instructors of Novovoronezh Training Centre of Atomtekhenergo JSC. The first stage of the first group (8 persons) training from Belarusian NPP will last 1 month. Within this period the specialists will get acquainted with the simulatorХs interface, will learn normal operation conditions, off-normal operation conditions, as well as emergency conditions.

Professional training on the simulator is the most important stage of the operating personnel training as NPPХs safety directly depends on the qualification of the main control roomХs operating personnel.

According to the schedule there are another 34 training scenarios to be validated and verified for the ful-scale simulator. 27 scenarios have already been successfully admitted for plant operating personnel training. At the moment it is expected that 95 main control room operators to undergo training on the full-scale simulator.

Atomtekhenergo JSC is under management of Rosatom State Atomic Energy Corporation and is a subsidiary company of Rosenergoatom Concern JSC.

More than 49,000 Russian specialists and more than 5,000 specialists from foreign NPPs Р Bushehr (Iran), Tianwan (PeopleХs Republic of China), Temelin (Czech Republic), Kozloduy (Bulgaria), Kudamkulam (India), Bohunice (Slovakia), Greifswald (Germany), Loviisa (Finland), Paks (Hungary), Dukovany (Czech Republic) Р have undergone training. Atomtekhenergo Training Centre JSC has begun implementing the training program of Belarusian NPP operating personnel, and has prepared for training of NPP personnel of Finland, Hungary, Iran, Bangladesh, Egypt and other countries.

In 2017 Atomtekhenergo Training Centre JSC is going to expand the field of international activity and participate in training of personnel of Paks NPP (Hungary) and Hanhikivi (Finland) new under construction units.


Office for Informational Police and Public Relations Atomtekhenergo JSC.



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