Expert speaks about personnel training for Belarus' nuclear industry

MINSK, 14 February (BelTA) – Aleksandr Lobko, Deputy Director for Research at the Institute for Nuclear Problems of Belarusian State University, spoke about the training of personnel for the Belarusian nuclear power plant as he took part in a round table session at the BelTA press center.

“The training is carried out based on a respective government program incorporating many universities: Belarusian State University, Belarusian National Technical University, Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics, some colleges. For example, our institute collaborates with the Department of Physics of Belarusian State University. This department offers two majors: “nuclear physics and nuclear technologies” and “radiation materials”. The students are trained using an extended program. Now the program takes 5.5 years. The students who get enrolled are really smart; they receive good training there and demonstrate profound knowledge in their theses. Our institute accepts students for graduation theses. Our most qualified employees run courses there to train personnel for the nuclear power plant and for nuclear research institutions,” Aleksandr Lobko said.

According to him, specialists are trained not only in Belarus, but also at partner universities in Russia. “They are sent abroad for the courses that are still at the nascent stage here or the courses for which we do not have simulators. Russia has a very long history of personnel training for the nuclear industry,” added the deputy director.