09.02.2011  Public Information Centre of Beloyarsk NPP

Beloyarsk NPP: VIII Kurchatov studentsХ readings have started

From February 10 to 16, 2011 traditional VIII open Kurchatov studentsХ readings will be held in Zarechny city of Sverdlovsk region. The readings are organized by Beloyarsk NPP, Department of Education of Zarechny City Region and public school No. 1 of Zarechny city.

80 students of 6 Sverdlovsk settlements Р Zarechny city, Yekaterinburg, Novouralsk, Serov, Nevyansk and Kochnevo village and Balakovo city of Saratovsk region as well - filed applications for participation in VIII Kurchatov studentsХ readings.

The participants will present their research and analytic works in 5 fields reflecting different aspects of nuclear power: human, ecologic, medical and biological, scientific and technology, and engineering and technical. Besides the school students, the students of Ural Technologic College, a branch of NRNU MEPhI, and also the children studying in Zarechny city institutions of extended education: Centre of Psychological rehabilitation and correction and the Centre of children creativity, take part in the readings. For the first time, creative works in the form of telejournalism will be presented: young pupils of ТJuniorУ television studio have prepared educational and informative video films. Also for the first time the competitors will explore in their works ТXXI century information challengesУ within virtual communication environments, and outstanding ways of their overcoming.

Over 20 jury members present Zarechny city nuclear industry organizations: Beloyarsk NPP, the Administration of Beloyarsk NPP-2 being constructed, Reactor Materials Institute, branch of the Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology of Russian Academy of Science Department, Federal University of Ural. Among the jury there are candidates of science, leading specialists and production workers and research assistants. The representatives of local papersХ edit offices and the internet-portal are invited for the first time to act as jury in section No. 1 called ТHuman Aspects of the Nuclear Power IndustryУ.

During February, 10 competitive section hearings will be held. On February 11, the participants and teachers will have a tour on Beloyarsk NPP and on the site of BN-800 being constructed. And on Saturday, February 12, a ceremony of the readingsХ winners award will be organized in URTK, a branch of NRNU MEPhI.

Beloyarsk NPP was put into operation in 1964. This is the first NPP in the nuclear power industry of the country and the only one with reactors of different types at the same site. The first power units of Beloyarsk NPP with the AMB-100 and AMB-200 thermal reactors have outlived their usefulness. Beloyarsk NPP operates the unique power unit with a fast neutron reactor of industrial power level - BN-600. The BN-800 power unit with a fast neutron reactor is being constructed. The fast neutron power units serve for substantial extension of the fuel base of the nuclear power industry and minimization of radioactive waste due to the closed nuclear fuel cycle. 

Timely information about the radiation environment near Russian NPPs and other objects of the nuclear industry is available in the site www.russianatom.ru.



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