NPP safety is the ability of an NPP to keep its radiation within admissible limits under both normal and emergency conditions.
Kursk NPP has a deeply echeloned protection system based on:
- a system of physical barriers;
- a system of technical and organizational measures for ensuring the efficiency of the barriers and for protection the personnel, population and environment from radiation.
Among the key measures are:
- operating the NPP in compliance with standards and rules;
- timely detecting and removing technological defects;
- ensuring high quality of operation;
- selecting and training highly-qualified personnel, cultivating safety culture;
- preventing minor deviations from developing into design accidents and design accidents - into off-design accidents;
- organizing and conducting regular emergency response exercises.
The key goals of the safety measures are:
- to protect individuals, society and environment from radiation;
- to ensure that personnel exposure dose be within admissible limits;
- to prevent accidents and their serious radiological consequences.
Kursk NPP protects its personnel by:
- surrounding its radioactive equipment with massive concrete structures;
- equipping repairers with protective shields;
- deactivating its equipment and facilities;
- sealing the facilities that may have high content radioactive gases or aerosols;
- aerating radioactive facilities;
- storing solid radioactive waste and transporting it to long-term storage facilities;
Kursk NPP protects the population and the environment of the nearby area by:
- operating special protective systems that keep radiation inside the plant and localizing it in case of an accident;
- regularly measuring the radioactivity of all types of waste;
- monitoring the radiation situation in the area;
- safely storing solid and liquid radioactive waste;
- effectively treating gas and aerosol waste.
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