OREANDA-NEWS. January 27, 2009. The 1st open scientific-practical conference of the Academy of Young Researchers is taking place in Volgodonsk from Jan 21 till Feb 18 2009.

For 10 years this conference has been conducted by the station of young engineers and Volgodonsk Nuclear power Plant and is a good starting ground for talented youths. 700 children from Volgodonsk and nearby settlements took part in the event last year. This year the conference is being held under the aegis of the Donskaya Academy of Sciences of Young Researchers. For improving the system of training of talented children in Volgodonsk, the Academy has opened its branch in the city – Academy of Young Researchers.

The conference has 32 thematic sections: Programming, Internet-Technologies and Web-Design, Physics and Mathematics, Astronomy and Space, Engineering. Several exhibitions and contests will be conducted in the framework of the conference: exhibition on engineering, physics and mathematics Olympiad.

The conference started with the presentation of works of Modern Computer Technologies section.

One of the works was extremely interesting: pupil of 11th form of school #5 and student of the Academy of Young Researchers Yulia Utinskaya has designed a web-site proving the safety of Volgodonsk Nuclear Power Plant. While designing the site Yulia has learned that all reports about the damage caused by the plant are not true. “I have seen that the ecological situation in the city is aggravated by quite different factors,” Yulia said.


In an interesting and quite easy-to-understand language the web-site tells its visitors about the principles of work of Volgodonsk NPP and its influence on its environment. Now Yulia is dreaming of making the site in Delphi language. After school Yulia is planning to enter Volgodonsk Institute of South Russian State Technical University and to join the university’s program to train specialists for Volgodonsk NPP.

The awarding and closing ceremonies will take place in the Cultural House of Volgodonsk on Mar 4.