July - September 2001 Contents Highlights

Armenia Bulgaria Czech Republic Hungary

Kazakhstan Lithuania Russia Slovakia

Ukraine United States Cross-Cutting Activities Planned Activities

Bulgaria

Emergency preparedness workshop held at Kozloduy

In mid-July, a one-week Emergency Preparedness Workshop was held for personnel from the Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant. Kozloduy personnel had identified emergency preparedness as an area in which specific assistance was needed to facilitate the facility's ability to provide effective training. The one-week workshop, which involved training and simulator specialists from the Kozloduy plant and a training and program specialist from Sonalysts Inc., focused on emergency preparedness training and the development of appropriate scenarios and training techniques to foster personnel understanding. (John Yoder, DOE, 301-903-5650; Don Draper, PNNL, 509-372-4079)

Electrical maintenance training materials under development at Kozloduy

In mid-September, a U.S. training specialist from Sonalysts Inc. conducted a two-week working session that focused on the continued development of a pilot training program in electrical maintenance for the Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant. During this visit, which is the second of three working sessions that are being held, training material developed for other Soviet-designed reactors was reviewed and modified for use at Kozloduy. The U.S. specialist is working with technical and training specialists from Kozloduy in the development of this program. Plans for the final working visit and implementation of this pilot program were discussed. (John Yoder, DOE, 301-903-5650; Don Draper, PNNL, 509-372-4079)