In frames of preparation to WANO peer review, representatives of World Association of Nuclear Operators organization started the three day training workshop on «WANO peer review methodology». The delegation works under the direction of Director of WANO Moscow Center Mr. Vasyl Aksyonov.
SE ZNPP General Manger Mr. Petro Kotin stated in his opening speech that this training workshop is very important for our site to provide training of SE Zaporizhzhia NPP experts.
SE Zaporizhzhia NPP Instrumentation and Control Department Engineer Mr. Yevgen Kalinichenko won in IAEA International Competition on writing the best essay on nuclear physical protection. His creative work is called: «Emergence of technological threats and capabilities in area of nuclear physical protection in digital century».
During the period form February 12 to February 15, 2020, International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors conduct regular routine inspection at SE Zaporizhzhya NPP power unit №6, which is now currently stopped for the interim overhaul. The inspection is conducted in frames of International Agreement on Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons between Ukraine and IAEA.
WANO Technical Support Mission on “Application of risk-informed approaches (risk-monitoring) for maintenance and repair optimization during power unit operation at power” took place at Zaporizhzhia NPP.
This project is implemented at Unit 2 with international technical assistance of USA Government. The primary objective is to increase the utilization factor of installed capacity by means of security important systems repair, during power unit operation at power and to reduce the duration of outages without security diminution.
WANO Technical Support Mission on “Application of risk-informed approaches (risk-monitoring) for maintenance and repair optimization during power unit operation at power” takes place on January 20-24, 2020 at Zaporizhzhia NPP.
The WANO experts were introduced, mission purposes and objectives and challenging issues, which are to be solved, were announced at the entrance meeting.
Fuming Jiang, IAEA nuclear
A three-day IAEA assistance mission on “Leadership and Management for Safety” started at Zaporizhzhia NPP.
While welcoming the mission participants, Petro Kotin, General Manager of Zaporizhzhia NPP stated that the IAEA support mission is very important for the plant and shall be beneficial for every participant.
Zaporizhzhia NPP is very serious about the OSART Mission, which will be held at the plant next year. There are several months before the scheduled inspection. In the process of implementation of all planned activities within the scope of the IAEA inspection, Zaporizhzhia NPP is approximately in the middle of the way. A lot of things have been already done. But there is still a sufficient scope of work to be done. The plans outlined earlier are being improved, and new tasks are being formed.
At Zaporizhzhia NPP the stage of pilot operation of the radioactive waste treatment complex is in progress. After such an operation the complex will be put into industrial operation. In order to provide qualitative and reliable service for the radioactive waste treatment complex, the specialists of Zaporizhzhia NPP I&C Department received training on software and technical complex at Siemens Training Center.
Vyacheslav Blednykh, Deputy Chief Technologist of Zaporizhzhia NPP, participated as an international expert in the work of the WANO Support Mission at Bushehr NPP, Iran, where he presented the positive experience of the development and implementation of the ZNPP emergency maps.
The WANO Support Mission at Bushehr NPP was dedicated to an important topic: “Ways to assess nuclear safety at the NPPs”.