Dec/Jan/Feb 2000/2001 Contents Highlight

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Ukraine United States Cross-Cutting Activities Planned Activities

Planned Activities

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• March 12–17, Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant, Lithuania
Training. A U.S. training expert from Human Performance Analysis Corp. will travel to the Ignalina facility to review materials developed to support the General Employee Safety Training Program. This will be the third and final visit as part of this project aimed at transferring General Employee Safety Training Program materials from other Soviet-designed nuclear power plants to Ignalina. (John Yoder, DOE, 301-903-5650; Don Draper, PNNL, 509-372-4079)

• March 19–23, VNIIAES, Moscow, Russia
Training. A U.S. technical specialist from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory will participate in a one-week workshop to discuss the development of normative documents for simulators in Russia. This is the third workshop to be held on this topic (the first two occurred in September and December of 2000). Discussions will continue at this workshop on the development and format of a normative document for simulators, topics to be covered in normative simulator documents, and issues related to normative documents for full-scope and multifunctional simulators. The workshop will be run by VNIIAES and will include participants from VNIIAES, Novovoronezh Training Center, and Balakovo, Kursk, and Novovoronezh nuclear plants. (John Yoder, DOE, 301-903-5650; Al Ankrum, PNNL, 509-372-4095)

• March 19–30, Kyiv, Ukraine
Training. A U.S. training specialist from Sonalysts Inc. will travel to Kyiv to facilitate a workshop organized to help transfer the training program for Control Room Turbine Operators to Rivne, South Ukraine, and Zaporizhzhya nuclear plants. This is the second workshop being held in support of this effort. The workshop will be held at ETC Headquarters and will include participants from the ETC and the Khmelnytskyy nuclear plants. This is the second of four workshops to be held with each site to transfer the program. (John Yoder, DOE, 301-903-5650; Don Draper, PNNL, 509-372-4079)

• March 12–23, Armenia Nuclear Power Plant
Training. A U.S. training expert from Sonalysts Inc. will travel to the Armenia nuclear plant to assist in final preparations for the pilot implementation of the Chemistry Department Shift Supervisor Training Program. Implementation of the pilot program will occur during the second week. The program will be implemented by training and technical personnel from the Armenia nuclear plant and will be observed by personnel from Sonalysts Inc. and the National Nuclear Security Administration. Discussions will take place with training center management regarding plans for future work in the training area. (John Yoder, DOE, 301-903-5650; Don Draper, PNNL, 509-372-4079)

• March 26–30, Rez, Czech Republic, and Temelin Nuclear Power Plant
Plant Safety Assessment. A kick-off meeting for an IAEA design basis document project for the Temelin plant in the Czech Republic will be held during the final week of March. Due to the similarity in objectives with the Ukraine Design Document project, eight members of the Ukrainian project team will attend along with a representative from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. (Walt Pasedag, NNSA, 301-903-3628; Lief Erickson, PNNL,
509-372-4097)