OREANDA-NEWS. According to the Information Department of Leningrad NPP, a full-scale simulator will be used during emergency training for the first time in Russia. On Sept 19–21, 2007, Leningrad NPP will host a planned complex emergency training.

The Head of the Mobilization Department of Leningrad NPP, the commander of the training Viktor Ivanov says that the trainees will learn to perform the following actions: 

- extinguishing fire at a unit and preventing radiation;

- removing leaks in the main pipeline feeding the basic equipment or diesel plants;

- evacuating the personnel from the plant and taking them to special shelters;

- deploying emergency response points in Sosnovy Bor, at Leningrad NPP and in the evacuation area.

“During the training we will check up the preparedness of the free-lance rescuers,” Ivanov said.

“Our key goal is to see if the plant’s rescuers are ready to act under critical circumstances and to effectively respond to emergencies,” he added.

According to the scenario, the trainees will save victims who they will find at a burning unit. They will provide them with first aid and take them to hospital.

Ivanov says that this year’s training is different from the previous ones: “This year we will work on-line on a full-scale simulator. As a result, we will be able to follow the situation real time and to control the changes in the parameters.”

The training will involve representatives of Rostekhnadzor, RosHydroMet, Russian Research Center “Kurchatov Institute,” Nuclear Safety Institute, N.A. Dolezhal Research and Development Institute of Power Engineering, Typhoon SPA, Rosatom Crisis Center, firemen, interior troops, rescuers of LNPP, Regional Crisis Center and Emergency Ministry, first aid officers.

Many foreign experts have already shown interest in the event and expressed wish to watch it.


Note:

Since Apr 1 2002, Leningrad Nuclear Power Plant has been a branch of the Federal State Unitary Enterprise “Russian State Concern for Production of Electric and Thermal Power at Nuclear Power Plants” (Rosenergoatom Concern).

The plant has four units with RBMK-1000 reactors with a total capacity of 4000 MW. In 2006 the plant produced 23.178bln KWh.

The Training Center of the Plant has two full-scale simulators – copies of the control boards of units 1 and 2 and units 3 and 4 as well as lots of different simulators of reactor, turbine, thermal and electric systems. The Center is the best equipped training facility in the Russian nuclear power sector.