Nuclear safety

Training Modules 

1. The basic principles of development of nuclear industry and nuclear and radiation safety The basic principles of development of nuclear industry and nuclear and radiation safety 

2. IAEA standards and Russian standards for nuclear safety Hierarchy, structure and contents of standards of IAEA Hierarchy, structure and contents of the Russian standards IAEA Standards SSR-2/1 (2012) and NS-R-1(2000) in application to WWER technology 

3. The concept of defense in depth and its implementation in the WWER technology Levels of defense in depth conception Physical barriers Protection of physical barriers 

4. Assessment of safety level of the NPP. Structure and contents of safety analysis reports IAEA Standard GSR-4 Assessment of adequacy of implementation of defense in depth conception Deterministic safety analysis Probabilistic safety analysis Structure and contents of the safety analysis report 

5. Deterministic safety analysis The concept and the list of the postulated initial events Categorization of initial events and acceptance criteria Methods and computer codes for the analysis of initial events 

6. Safety and design of the NPP with WWER The general principles and decisions provided in the design Safety classes Safety systems Specific safety issues in the NPPs design 

7. Quality management, human factor and safety culture. Designer’s service of manufacturing, mounting, tests and operation of the equipment and systems of reactor unit Specifics of quality management of a construction of the NPP Reliability of a human factor and safety Importance of safety culture development 72h of training (including 9h of practice)