Review of the ANPP Unit 2 Operational Safety Upgrade Program.
Comments to the IAEA draft document DS485 “Ageing management and development of a program for long term operation of NPPs”
Review of the draft version of Procedure on organization and conducting of inspections in organizations dealing with IRS
The Fukushima Daiichi Accident consists of a Report by the IAEA Director General and five technical volumes. It is the result of an extensive international collaborative effort involving five working groups with about 180 experts from 42 Member States with and without nuclear power programmes and several international bodies. It provides a description of the accident and its causes, evolution and consequences, based on the evaluation of data and information from a large number of sources available at the time of writing. The Fukushima Daiichi Accident will be of use to national authorities, international organizations, nuclear regulatory bodies, nuclear power plant operating organizations, designers of nuclear facilities and other experts in matters relating to nuclear power, as well as the wider public. For more information visit IAEA website: http://www-pub.iaea.org/books/IAEABooks/10962/The-Fukushima-Daiichi-Accident.
Comments to the IAEA draft document DS472 “Organization, management and staffing of a regulatory body for safety”
Revised version of SAR format and content requirements, November 2015
In frame of Task 4 of AR/RA/05-06 project European Commission and the Czech nuclear safety regulatory body (SUJB) organized a working meeting for NRSC and ANRA representatives held on 14-18 September 2015. The meeting was held in SUJB and Temelin NPP (Czech Republic). During the meeting, several meetings with Czech regulatory body and operating organization have been implemented during which following topics were discussed. Ageing management Equipment maintenance effectiveness monitoring Equipment qualification During the visit, NRSC and ANRA experts conducted technical walkdowns and visited the Temelin NPP turbine building as well as training center with full scope simulator designed by Westinghouse.
Two new Chinese nuclear power units – Changjiang 1 and Yangjiang 3 – have moved closer to commissioning by achieving a sustained chain reaction for the first time. Both reactors are expected to begin operating later this year. Unit 1 of the Changjiang nuclear power plant, under construction on China’s southern island province of Hainan, achieved first criticality at 3.39am today, China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) announced. Initial approval for the Changjiang plant’s construction was granted by China’s National Developmental and Reform Commission in July 2008. Early site works began in December 2008. Construction of unit 1 began with the pouring of first concrete on 25 April 2010, while that for unit 2 was poured on 21 November 2010. The loading of the 121 fuel assemblies into the core of Changjiang 1 – a 650 MWe CNP-600 pressurized water reactor – began on 26 August. Changjiang 1 is scheduled to begin operating by the end of 2015, with unit 2 set to start up next year. The plant, near Hoi Mei Tong village in China’s Hainan province, is being built as a joint venture between CNNC and China Huaneng Group, with shares split 51% and 49%, respectively. The plant will eventually comprise four units, with units 3 and 4 housing either CNP-650 or ACP-600 reactors. Construction of both those units is scheduled to begin by 2018.
Review of ANPP Unit 2 reactor core full accidental unloading program. RT-A115-1.2-005, October 2015
From 26 June to 4 July of 2015 the leading specialist of radiological laboratory of NRSC was participating in the IAEA regional workshop on «Establishing Enhanced Approaches to the Control of Public Exposure to Radon». During the workshop the approaches on preventing measures of radon gas of experienced countries were discussed. NRSC is participating in radon gas program in Armenia. The workshop gave additional information to be used during radon gas measurement activities.
