July 2000 Highlight

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Ukraine United States Cross-Cutting Activities Planned Activities

Planned Activities

• indicates the event is new or has changed in some way since the previous report was issued.

August 8-10 — Visiginas, Lithuania
Engineering and Technology. Specialists from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and Data Systems & Solutions will meet with computer specialists from Ignalina NPP to develop the conformed specification for a safety parameter display system for Ignalina Unit 2. Participants will discuss how to interface the safety parameter display system with the integrated computer system that Data Systems & Solutions is installing in Unit 2. Because the integrated control system is funded by others, the cost of adding a safety parameter display system at Ignalina will be reduced significantly. (Grigory Trosman, DOE, 301-903-3581; Ron Wright, PNNL, 509-372-4076)

• August 21-25 - Scholkino, Ukraine
Management and Operational Safety - Representatives from Ukraine’s nuclear power plants and EnergoAtom will meet at the Crimea Center for Engineering and Science to review the results of the pilot implementation of improved event analysis and reporting procedures at Zaporizhzhya NPP. Representatives of Ukraine subcontractor Novator-Kiev will demonstrate the event analysis and reporting database developed and installed at Zaporizhzhya and EnergoAtom as part of the pilot effort. The U.S. project manager from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory will attend and meet separately with the representatives of the nuclear power plants and EnergoAtom to discuss potential activities to implement the improved processes and database at the remaining plant sites in Ukraine. (Dennis Meyers, DOE, 301-903-1418; Lief Erickson, PNNL, 509-372-4097)

• August 28-September 1 (rescheduled from June 28-July 7) — South Ukraine NPP, Ukraine
Management and Operational Safety. Personnel from EnergoAtom, the Nuclear Power Plant Operational Support Institute, and the quality and environmental laboratory departments of South Ukraine NPP will conduct an audit of environmental radiation monitoring at South Ukraine NPP. Audit results will be presented to plant management. The objectives of the audit are to provide auditing experience to South Ukraine NPP quality personnel and to encourage plant management and worker appreciation of the benefits of audits. (Dennis Meyers, DOE, 301-903-1418; Lief Erickson, PNNL, 509-372-4097)

• September 4-15 — Armenia NPP, Armenia
Training. Training and technical specialists from Armenia NPP and a U.S. training specialist will begin work to transfer the Chemistry Department Shift Supervisor pilot training program to the plant. (John Yoder, DOE, 301-903-5650; Don Draper, PNNL, 509-372-4079)

• September 6-7 – Prague, Czech Republic
Plant safety assessments. Data Systems and Solutions (DS&S) will host an international peer review coordinated by Brookhaven National Laboratory on the Methodology of Comparison (MOC) developed by DS&S in cooperation with Khmelnytsky NPP in Ukraine. Other participants include analysts from Ukraine (Engineering Technologies and Development), Finland (Fortum Engineering), Germany (Gesellschaft fur Anlagen und Reaktorsicherheit mbH), and the United Kingdom (SCIENTECH). The reviewers will assess the MOC, which is part of a proposed integrated methodology for implementing the "lead plant" concept to produce a full-scope in-depth safety assessment, specific to Khmelnytskyy, making use of safety assessment elements from a similar lead plant. (Walter Pasedag, DOE, 301-903-3628; Charles Dickerman, ANL, 630-252-4622)

• September 11-15 — Moscow, Russia
Simulators/Training. VNIIAES will host a workshop focused on the development of normative documents for simulators in Russia. Topics for discussion include document development, format, and content, as well as issues related to normative documents for full-scope and multifunctional simulators. Representatives of Russian organizations involved in simulator activities and a U.S. specialist from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory will participate in the workshop. (John Yoder, DOE,
301-903-5650; Al Ankrum, PNNL, 509-372-4095)

September 11-15 — Argonne, Illinois, USA
Plant Safety Assessment. U.S. team members from Argonne National Laboratory will host a review meeting for the Khmelnytskyy in-depth safety assessment project. Participants will include project managers from Khmelnytskyy NPP and Kyiv Energoproekt, the plant’s technical support organization. They will discuss progress and future activities. (Walter Pasedag, DOE, 301-903-3628; Charles Dickerman, ANL, 630-252-4622)

• September 11-22 — Kozloduy NPP, Bulgaria
Training. Specialists from VNIIAES and Sonalysts, Inc., will work with training and technical specialists from Kozloduy NPP to complete plans and instructional materials for a training program for emergency operating instruction trainers at the plant. During the second week, the specialists will implement the course for trainers at Kozloduy Units 1 through 4 (all VVER-440/230 reactors). (John Yoder, DOE, 301-903-5650; Don Draper, PNNL, 509-372-4079)

• September 11-22 — Kyiv, Ukraine
Training. Work will begin on a project to transfer a pilot training program for control room turbine operators to Rivne, South Ukraine, and Zaporizhzhya NPPs. Specialists from Khmelnytskyy NPP, the Engineering and Technical Center for the Training of Nuclear Industry Personnel, and Sonalysts, Inc., will provide technical assistance to the effort. (John Yoder, DOE, 301-903-5650; Don Draper, PNNL, 509-372-4079)

• September 26-28 – Zaporizhzhya NPP, Ukraine
Plant Safety Assessment. The Design Basis Document Steering Committee will hold its first meeting to finalize the plan for development of design basis documents for VVER reactors in Ukraine. The steering committee includes representatives from Zaporizhzhya, South Ukraine, Rivne, and Khmelnytskyy NPPs; EnergoAtom; and Ukraine design support institutes. The U.S. project manager from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory also will participate to provide U.S. perspective on the plan and to draft a memorandum of understanding regarding this new project and its relationship with the in-depth safety assessment work being done at each site. (Walter Pasedag, DOE, 301-903-3628; Lief Erickson, PNNL, 509-372-4097)

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. (Riaz Awan, DOE, 38-050-257-7221; Don Draper, PNNL, 509-372-4079)

• October 2-6 – Khmelnytskyy NPP, Ukraine
Management and Operational Safety. Ukrainian and U.S. specialists will meet at Khmelnytskyy NPP to develop a detailed audit plan to assess the development and implementation of the plant’s quality assurance program. This gap assessment is intended to identify areas needing improvement to meet the requirements of the national quality assurance standard (which was developed with U.S. support). The U.S. specialists will advise on techniques for conducting such a broad-ranging assessment. The Khmelnytskyy audit, tentatively scheduled for late October, will serve as a model for audits to be conducted at the other sites. (Dennis Meyers, DOE, 301-903-1418; Lief Erickson, PNNL, 509-372-4097)