November 2000 Contents Highlight

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Lithuania

Ignalina specialists continue work on safety training course for plant workers

In early November, a training specialist from Human Performance Analysis Corporation worked with training and technical specialists at Ignalina NPP. The group is adapting previously developed instructional materials for a training course on general employee safety to make them specific to Ignalina NPP. Training specialists from Ignalina expect to implement the course in early 2001. (John Yoder, DOE, 301-903-5650; Don Draper, PNNL, 509-372-4079)

Lithuania Nuclear Safety Advisory Committee holds quarterly meeting

An international group, formed to support the Lithuanian government's oversight of Ignalina NPP and the nation's nuclear regulatory agency, VATESI, held its quarterly meeting in Vilnius, Lithuania, in late October. Committee members from Japan, Sweden, Germany, Finland, France, the United Kingdom, Lithuania, and the United States participated. Lithuanian organizations represented included Ignalina NPP, VATESI, and the Ministry of Economy. Technical experts representing the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the Finnish regulatory agency STUK, the European Commission, and the Danish Energy Agency also were present for the meeting. The committee's periodic meetings encourage continued progress on safety improvements at Ignalina Unit 2. The group also considers safety issues that may require early shutdown and decommissioning of Ignalina Unit 1. (Dennis Meyers, DOE, 301-903-1418; Lief Erickson, PNNL, 509-372-4097)