Latest nuclear station startup practices in spotlight at Ostrovets seminar

The latest practices used to launch nuclear power plants are discussed at the international seminar of the World Association of Nuclear Operators. The seminar is scheduled to take place at premises of the enterprise Belarusian Nuclear Power Plant in Ostrovets, Grodno Oblast on 14-18 April, the press service of the Belarusian Energy Ministry told BelTA.

Participants of the seminar are supposed to share the international experience of operating nuclear power plants for the sake of ensuring top safety and reliability.

The seminar will focus on the implementation of the project to build the Belarusian nuclear power plant, the creation and development of the quality management system, quality control during the production and installation of reactor parts, technical safeguards, and personnel training for nuclear power plants under construction, the handling of nuclear fuel and other matters. Members of the World Association of Nuclear Operators delegation are expected to meet with representatives of the Belarus government and the Energy Ministry.

The event will gather experts of the World Association of Nuclear Operators, from Russia, Ukraine, the USA, France, Slovakia, Iran and other countries. The seminar is held upon the initiative of the Moscow center of the World Association of Nuclear Operators with assistance of the Belarusian Energy Ministry and the state enterprise Belarusian Nuclear Power Plant.

The World Association of Nuclear Operators was founded on 15 May 1989 and unites all the nuclear station operators across the globe. Members of the organization are 34 countries, 118 companies, 210 nuclear power plants, and 441 power-generating units. The organization contributes to sharing the best practices at the international level of the sake of reaching the highest safety and reliability standards.