Workshop on Maintenance Personnel Training in Plant Training Centres
From 21 to 23 May, 2024, WANO Moscow Centre jointly with Belarusian NPP held a workshop on the topic: ‘Maintenance Personnel Training in Plant Training Centres’. The workshop was held at the Belarusian NPP training centre. The main workshop purpose was to exchange experience in the field of training maintenance personnel at nuclear power plants. WANO Moscow Centre provided simultaneous translation from Russian into English and from English into Russian during the meeting.
The meeting was attended by more than 40 specialists from WANO Moscow and Paris centres, as well as Shanghai office, representing 10 nuclear power plants from five countries: Belarus, Armenia, China, Russia and the Republic of Turkey, as well as representatives of operating organizations: Rosenergoatom, JNPC (Jiangsu Nuclear Power Corporation), CGN (China General Nuclear Power Group), Atomflot, VNIIAES, Atomenergoremont, Young Generation of Moscow Centre.
The workshop was opened by Belarusian Nuclear Power Plant Director General Sergei Bobovich. Welcoming the international workshop participants, the head of the plant emphasized that Safety Culture and Leadership in Nuclear Energy are priority in all areas of activity of Belarusian NPP personnel. He noted that the technical support and assistance from WANO Moscow Centre provided to the Belarusian NPP new units is highly valued: the knowledge gained is used in the training of plant personnel.
The Training Centre has created a close-knit team of leading instructors with extensive experience in the main workshops, who gained experience during support missions and peer reviews conducted by WANO Moscow Centre. Increased attention is paid to modern technologies, simulators and equipment for training the younger generation of nuclear scientists and maintaining the qualifications of plant workers. The potential of the experience and knowledge of personnel who came to work at Belarusian NPP from nuclear power plants in Russia is especially widely used. In conclusion, the Director General wished the meeting participants successful work.
WANO MC adviser Sergei Lesin conveyed greetings to the workshop participants from Moscow Centre Director Vasily Aksenov and introduced the listeners to WANO programs, Action for Excellence, which is being implemented at WANO MC nuclear plants. WANO MC adviser Viktor Livinsky spoke about the main reasons for the shortcomings identified during WANO peer reviews and shared information about the training complex for training maintenance personnel. Nikolai Gorbatyuk, Head of the Maintenance and Repair Personnel Training Department of the Training Centre, presented information on the training of repair personnel at the Belarusian NPP Training Centre.
The workshop participants presented reports (presentations) on the following issues:
• Introduction of technical means for practical training,
• Methodology for conducting practical training in the training centres and at the workplace.
• Conducting competitions for professional skills of maintenance and repair personnel, improving the skills of workers.
During the workshop, the participants completed a practical exercise: they examined violations during the maintenance and repair of electrical equipment, analyzed the causes of the violation and formulated corrective measures - proposals for training repair personnel in the training centre in terms of preventing errors when organizing and performing repairs. As part of the workshop program, the participants-guests of Belarusian NPP visited the plant and training laboratories of the training centre during a technical visit.
On the final day, a round table was held to discuss the results of proposals to improve the training process for NPP workers and contractor personnel.
The workshop participants noted the high level of event organization at Belarusian NPP, as well as the professional level of simultaneous translation of presentations and discussions, which made it possible to ensure good interaction and exchange of information between participants. It was proposed to hold the next workshop at one of the WANO Moscow Centre nuclear plants with consideration of the following topics:
• Maintenance and development of instructor knowledge, skills, experience.
• The quality of the instructor's work at all phases of a systematic approach to training.
• Improving methods of practical training for repair personnel on simulators and in laboratories of plant training centres.
• Quality control of the repair process and repaired equipment.
• Innovative technologies for personnel training.
Closing the workshop, WANO Moscow Centre First Deputy Director Anatoly Kirichenko, noted the friendly atmosphere of mutual understanding in which the working meeting was held, thanked Belarusian colleagues for the opportunity to visit the plant and share experience in training plant workers.
The meeting was attended by more than 40 specialists from WANO Moscow and Paris centres, as well as Shanghai office, representing 10 nuclear power plants from five countries: Belarus, Armenia, China, Russia and the Republic of Turkey, as well as representatives of operating organizations: Rosenergoatom, JNPC (Jiangsu Nuclear Power Corporation), CGN (China General Nuclear Power Group), Atomflot, VNIIAES, Atomenergoremont, Young Generation of Moscow Centre.
The workshop was opened by Belarusian Nuclear Power Plant Director General Sergei Bobovich. Welcoming the international workshop participants, the head of the plant emphasized that Safety Culture and Leadership in Nuclear Energy are priority in all areas of activity of Belarusian NPP personnel. He noted that the technical support and assistance from WANO Moscow Centre provided to the Belarusian NPP new units is highly valued: the knowledge gained is used in the training of plant personnel.
The Training Centre has created a close-knit team of leading instructors with extensive experience in the main workshops, who gained experience during support missions and peer reviews conducted by WANO Moscow Centre. Increased attention is paid to modern technologies, simulators and equipment for training the younger generation of nuclear scientists and maintaining the qualifications of plant workers. The potential of the experience and knowledge of personnel who came to work at Belarusian NPP from nuclear power plants in Russia is especially widely used. In conclusion, the Director General wished the meeting participants successful work.
WANO MC adviser Sergei Lesin conveyed greetings to the workshop participants from Moscow Centre Director Vasily Aksenov and introduced the listeners to WANO programs, Action for Excellence, which is being implemented at WANO MC nuclear plants. WANO MC adviser Viktor Livinsky spoke about the main reasons for the shortcomings identified during WANO peer reviews and shared information about the training complex for training maintenance personnel. Nikolai Gorbatyuk, Head of the Maintenance and Repair Personnel Training Department of the Training Centre, presented information on the training of repair personnel at the Belarusian NPP Training Centre.
The workshop participants presented reports (presentations) on the following issues:
• Introduction of technical means for practical training,
• Methodology for conducting practical training in the training centres and at the workplace.
• Conducting competitions for professional skills of maintenance and repair personnel, improving the skills of workers.
During the workshop, the participants completed a practical exercise: they examined violations during the maintenance and repair of electrical equipment, analyzed the causes of the violation and formulated corrective measures - proposals for training repair personnel in the training centre in terms of preventing errors when organizing and performing repairs. As part of the workshop program, the participants-guests of Belarusian NPP visited the plant and training laboratories of the training centre during a technical visit.
On the final day, a round table was held to discuss the results of proposals to improve the training process for NPP workers and contractor personnel.
The workshop participants noted the high level of event organization at Belarusian NPP, as well as the professional level of simultaneous translation of presentations and discussions, which made it possible to ensure good interaction and exchange of information between participants. It was proposed to hold the next workshop at one of the WANO Moscow Centre nuclear plants with consideration of the following topics:
• Maintenance and development of instructor knowledge, skills, experience.
• The quality of the instructor's work at all phases of a systematic approach to training.
• Improving methods of practical training for repair personnel on simulators and in laboratories of plant training centres.
• Quality control of the repair process and repaired equipment.
• Innovative technologies for personnel training.
Closing the workshop, WANO Moscow Centre First Deputy Director Anatoly Kirichenko, noted the friendly atmosphere of mutual understanding in which the working meeting was held, thanked Belarusian colleagues for the opportunity to visit the plant and share experience in training plant workers.
