August 2000 Highlight

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Ukraine United States Cross-Cutting Activities Planned Activities

Planned Activities

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• August 28 - September 1 — South Ukraine NPP, Ukraine
Management and Operational Safety. Representatives 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 the South Ukraine plant. Audit results will be presented to plant management. The objectives of the audit are to provide auditing experience to personnel from South Ukraine’s quality organization 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 4-5 — Khmelnytskyy NPP, Neteshin, Ukraine
Engineering and Technology. A member of the U.S. team will meet with representatives of EnergoAtom, Ukraine Ministry of Energy, State Nuclear Regulatory Administration, and the Ukrainian general contractor, Transexpo Corporation, to verify final deliverables for the physical security upgrades at Khmelnytskyy NPP. Deliverables to be verified include:

• completion of installation and testing for access control and interior physical barrier subsystems in reactor building, auxiliary building, and fresh fuel storage

• EnergoAtom’s commissioning and official acceptance of subsystems, including the unit alarm station

• acceptance and implementation of operational, maintenance, and training procedures.

All deliverables will require official approval of EnergoAtom and the State Nuclear Regulatory Administration in addition to that of the U.S. team. (Grigory Trosman, DOE, 301-903-3581; Andrei Glukhov, PNNL, 509-375-3961)

September 4-15 — Armenia NPP, Armenia
Training. Training and technical specialists from Armenia NPP and a U.S. trainer 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 & 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 Khmelnytskyy 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 the Khmelnytskyy plant. Safety assessment elements from a similar lead plant will be used in this effort. (Walter Pasedag, DOE, 301-903-3628; Charles Dickerman, ANL, 630-252-4622)

• September 11-21 — Armenia NPP, Armenia
Plant Safety Assessment. A representative of the U.S. team will meet with counterparts from Armenia NPP to conduct a seismic walk-down of the plant. The walk-down will help determine the extent to which key safety components meet seismic standards. A technical specialist from Argonne National Laboratory also will participate in the walk-down. (Dennis Meyers, DOE, 301-903-1418; Mark Petri, ANL, 630-252-3719)

September 11-15 — Moscow, Russia
Simulators/Training. VNIIAES will host a workshop focused on the development of normative documents for simulators in Russia. Discussion topics 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 NPP in-depth safety assessment project. Participants will include project managers from the Khmelnytskyy plant and Kyiv Energoproekt, the plant’s technical support organization. The participants will discuss project 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 the Khmelnytskyy plant, the Engineering and Technical Center for the Training of Nuclear Industry Personnel, and Sonalysts, Inc., will provide technical assistance. (John Yoder, DOE, 301-903-5650; Don Draper, PNNL, 509-372-4079)

• September 25-October 5 — Kola NPP, Russia
Simulators/Training. U.S. and host-country specialists will hold the second of three working sessions aimed at transferring a training program for simulator instructors to Kola NPP. Participants from Russia will include representatives from VNIIAES, the nuclear power plants, and the training centers at Smolensk and Balakovo NPPs. U.S. training specialists from Human Performance Analysis Corporation and Sonalysts, Inc., also will participate. (John Yoder, DOE, 301-903-5650; Al Ankrum, PNNL, 509-372-4095)

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)