April 2000 Highlights

Armenia Bulgaria Czech Republic Hungary

Kazakhstan Lithuania Russia Slovakia

Ukraine United States Cross-Cutting Activities Planned Activities

Planned Activities

*May tbd - South Ukraine NPP
Engineering and Technology. The U.S.-provided safety parameter display system for South Ukraine Unit 2 will undergo site acceptance tests at the plant. The specific test date is contingent upon reload fuel being supplied to the plant so it can return to power operation. (Richard Reister, DOE, 301-903-0234; Rich Denning, PNNL, 614-424-7412; Frank Panisko, PNNL, 509-372-4472)

* May 7-12 - Armenia NPP
Engineering and Technology. The U.S.-provided safety parameter display system for Armenia NPP will undergo site acceptance testing at the plant. Plant technical staff and representatives of U.S. contractors Science Applications International Corporation, Data Systems & Solutions, and Burns & Roe Enterprises, Inc., will participate in the testing. (Richard Reister, DOE, 301-903-0234; Rich Denning, PNNL, 614-424-7412; Frank Panisko, PNNL, 509-372-4472)

May 8-12 - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Argonne, Illinois, USA
Plant Safety Assessment. With U.S. support, a technical expert from the Lithuanian Energy Institute will attend PHYSOR 2000, the American Nuclear Society (ANS) international topical meeting, Advances in Reactor Physics and Mathematics and Computation into the Next Millennium. Following the ANS meeting, he will join U.S. team members from Argonne National Laboratory to plan pipeline whipping analyses for Ignalina NPP. (Dennis Meyers, DOE, 301-903-1418; Mark Petri, ANL, 630-252-3719)

* May 13-20 - Millstone NPP, Connecticut, and Palo Verde NPP, Arizona, USA
Plant Safety Assessment. Ukrainian specialists representing the Engineering and Quality directorates at Energoatom and the Nuclear Power Plant Operational Support Institute (NPP OSI) will gather information on two different approaches to collecting design basis data for operating nuclear power plants. This information will provide the basis for a development plan for design basis documents at Ukraine's four VVER nuclear power plants in Ukraine; the NPP OSI specialists will develop the plan. A member of the U.S. team also will participate in the site visits. (Walter Pasedag, DOE, 301-903-3628; Lief Erickson, PNNL, 509-372-4079)

* May 15-26 - Rivne NPP
Training. A U.S. training expert from Sonalysts, Inc., and training and technical specialists from Ukraine's Khmelnytskyy NPP the Engineering and Technical Center for the Training of Nuclear Industry Personnel will implement a pilot training program for control room reactor operators at Rivne NPP. The program will be piloted to a group of incumbent control room reactor operators and supervisors who also will be asked to provide feedback on the training. (John Yoder, DOE, 301-903-5650; Don Draper, PNNL, 509-372-4079)

* May 18-19 - Vienna, Austria
Plant Safety Assessment. Nuclear analyst specialists will meet at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for technical discussions on the development of guidelines for analysis of RBMK transients and their implications on the RELAP5/MOD3.2 code validation for application to RBMK reactors. Representatives from the IAEA, Kurchatov Institute, Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory, and Argonne National Laboratory will participate. (Walter Pasedag, DOE, 301-903-3628; Jordi Roglans, ANL, 630-252-3283).

* May 21-26 - Moscow, Russia
Simulators/Training. The U.S. team will begin a series of three working visits to transfer the Simulator Instructor Training Program to Russia. Representatives from VNIIAES, the Balakovo and Smolensk training centers, and Russia's nuclear power plants will participate. U.S. team members from Sonalysts, Inc., Human Performance Analysis Corporation, and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory will attend. (John Yoder, DOE, 301-903-5650; Al Ankrum, PNNL, 509-372-4095)

* May 22-23 - Moscow, Russia
Plant Safety Assessment. Project participants will hold a technical meeting at the Russian International Nuclear Safety Center (RINSC) to discuss progress in the code validation for application to VVER and RBMK reactors and finalize comparison of analyses for an RBMK standard problem. Representatives from RINSC, Electrogorsk Research and Engineering Center, Kurchatov Institute, and Argonne National Laboratory will participate in the discussions. (Walter Pasedag, DOE, 301-903-3628; Jordi Roglans, ANL, 630-252-3283)

* May 22-26 - Zaporizhzhya NPP, Ukraine
Engineering and Technology. The U.S.-provided safety parameter display system for Zaporizhzhya Unit 3 will undergo site acceptance tests at the plant. (Richard Reister, DOE, 301-903-0234; Rich Denning, PNNL, 614-424-7412; Frank Panisko, PNNL, 509-372-4472)

* May 27-June 4 - Scholkino, Ukraine
Management and Operational Safety. Specialists from Ukraine's Crimea Scientific and Engineering Center and Zaporizhzhya NPP will present a training seminar on the application of procedures for event analysis and reporting. Fifteen Zaporizhzhya NPP personnel will participate as trainees. The seminar seeks to provide a plant-wide understanding of procedures and improved practices for nuclear power plant event analysis and reporting to Energoatom. (Dennis Meyers, DOE, 301-903-1418; Lief Erickson, PNNL, 509-372-4079)

* May 29-June 9 - Kozloduy NPP, Bulgaria
Training. A representative of Sonalysts, Inc., and a specialist from VNIIAES will work with training and technical specialists from Kozloduy NPP on the development of an instructional program for emergency operating instruction (EOI) trainers. Kozloduy technical personnel are providing expertise on the EOIs, while the U.S. and Russian specialists are helping develop a training program on EOIs. During the second week of this working visit, participants will implement the EOI training program for a pilot group of trainers at Kozloduy Unit 1. (John Yoder, DOE, 301-903-5650; Don Draper, PNNL, 509-372-4079)

* May 29-June 9 - Zaporizhzhya NPP, Ukraine
Training. A U.S. training expert from Sonalysts, Inc., and training and technical specialists from Ukraine's Khmelnytskyy NPP the Engineering and Technical Center for the Training of Nuclear Industry Personnel will implement a pilot training program for control room reactor operators at Zaporizhzhya NPP. The program will be piloted to a group of incumbent control room reactor operators and supervisors who also will be asked to provide feedback on the training. (John Yoder, DOE, 301-903-5650; Don Draper, PNNL, 509-372-4079)

* May 30-June 2 - Bilibino NPP, Russia
Simulators/Training. The U.S.-provided analytical simulator for Bilibino NPP will be turned over officially to the plant. Participants will include representatives of the plant, Gosatomnadzor, Rosenergoatom, LAKROM, VNIIAES, GSE Power Systems, and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Following the turnover ceremony, participants will review the status of the plant's training program and instructional materials for operators. (John Yoder, DOE, 301-903-5650; Joe Cleary, PNNL, 509-372-4094)

* June 7-9 - South Ukraine NPP, Ukraine
Simulators/Training. The U.S. team will officially turn over the full-scope simulator for Unit 3 to South Ukraine NPP. Organizations participating in the turnover will include South Ukraine NPP, the Main State Inspectorate, Energoatom, LAKROM, GSE Power Systems, Inc., the U.S. Department of Energy, and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. (John Yoder, DOE, 301-903-5650; Joe Cleary, PNNL, 509-372-4094)

* June 12-18 (rescheduled from May 22-27) - Kyiv and South Ukraine NPP, Ukraine
Management and Operational Safety. U.S. specialists will work with Ukrainian team members to prepare a plan for auditing radiation monitoring of the environment at South Ukraine NPP. Representatives of South Ukraine NPP, Energoatom, the Nuclear Power Plant Operational Support Institute, SCIENTECH, Inc., and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory will participate. The South Ukraine audit plan and resulting audit (scheduled to begin June 24) will provide a framework and field data from which a functional area performance guide can be developed for use at all nuclear power plants in Ukraine. (Dennis Meyers, DOE, 301-903-1418; Lief Erickson, PNNL, 509-372-4097)

* June 19-30 - South Ukraine NPP, Ukraine
Training. A U.S. training expert from Sonalysts, Inc., and training and technical specialists from Ukraine's Khmelnytskyy NPP the Engineering and Technical Center for the Training of Nuclear Industry Personnel will implement a pilot training program for control room reactor operators at South Ukraine NPP. The program will be piloted to a group of incumbent control room reactor operators and supervisors who also will be asked to provide feedback on the training. (John Yoder, DOE, 301-903-5650; Don Draper, PNNL, 509-372-4079).

* September 27-29 - Slavutych, Ukraine
Chornobyl Initiatives. The International Chornobyl Center will convene its fourth annual conference to facilitate the exchange of information on international scientific and technical activities at Chornobyl. The conference program will include plenary and workshop sessions and technical tours of Chornobyl NPP and the Unit 4 Shelter. Conference organizers are seeking speakers to give presentations at the conference. (Riaz Awan, DOE, 38-050-257-7221; Michele Dash, PNNL, 202-586-3550)