NRSC specialist participated in Technical Meeting on International Safeguards in the Design of Radioactive Waste Management Programmes

NuScale makes history with SMR design application

Michael Johnson, NRC deputy executive director for operations (right), and Vonna Ordaz, acting director of the Office of New Reactors (second from right), receive NuScale’s application from NuScale chief nuclear officer Dale Atkinson (second from left) and NuScale vice president for regulatory affairs Tom Bergman (left). (Image: NRC)

NuScale Power has asked the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to approve the company’s small modular reactor (SMR) commercial power plant design. This is the first-ever SMR design certification application to be submitted to the NRC.

The 31 December submission of the application was commemorated yesterday at NRC headquarters, in the Washington suburbs, by NuScale CEO John Hopkins, co-founder and chief technology officer Jose Reyes, chief nuclear officer Dale Atkinson, and vice president for regulatory affairs Tom Bergman.

Atkinson said: “We reached this tremendous milestone through the efforts of more than 800 people over eight years … We have documented, in extensive detail, the design conceived by Dr Jose Reyes more than a decade ago. We are confident that we have submitted a comprehensive and quality application, and we look forward to working with the NRC during its review.”

The application consisted of nearly 12,000 pages of technical information and the NRC is expected to take the next two months to determine if any additional information is required prior to commencing their review. The regulator has therefore targeted completing the certification process within 40 months. Once issued, a design certification is valid for 15 years in support of a combined licence application (COLA) to construct and operate a power plant.

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The Portland, Oregon-based company said that, once approved, global demand for its plants will create thousands of jobs during manufacturing, construction and operation, and “re-establish US global leadership in nuclear technology”, paving the way for NRC approval and subsequent deployment of other advanced nuclear technologies. Conservative estimates predict about 55-75 GWe of global electricity will come from SMRs by 2035, equivalent to over 1000 NuScale Power Modules, it added.

The first commercial 12-module NuScale power plant is planned to be built on the site of the Idaho National Laboratory (INL). It will be owned by the Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems (UAMPS) and operated by Energy Northwest.

UAMPS CEO Doug Hunter said submission of the design certification application was key to UAMPS project licensing and target commercial operation date of 2026 for the UAMPS Carbon Free Power Project.
As the sole winner of the second round of the Department of Energy’s competitively-bid cost-sharing program for SMR technology development, NuScale is the only SMR developer currently receiving DOE financial support.
In 2015, DOE awarded NuScale and UAMPS a $16.7 million grant as part of a three-year cooperative agreement to conduct site characterization activities at INL and prepare documentation leading to a COLA for a first plant at INL.

NuScale has also launched the Western Initiative for Nuclear, a broad collaboration of six states to study the demonstration and deployment of a series of NuScale SMR power plants in the Western United States.
Steve Kuczynski, CEO of Southern Nuclear and chairman of the New Plant Advisory Committee at the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI), said “At Southern Company, we are building the first new-generation nuclear plants in the United States. We are committed to nuclear energy and we want to have NuScale SMRs as an option.”

Historic moment

The commemoration event yesterday included a press conference, which five members of Congress, the DOE’s undersecretary for science and energy, and NEI President and CEO Maria Korsnick attended.
Korsnick said it was an “historic moment of innovation in the electric sector” in a continuum of developments and innovation in nuclear technology.
“The journey starts with preservation of America’s existing nuclear power plants, including second licence renewal to allow today’s plants to operate beyond 60 years. It proceeds through construction of more large light water reactors, like the four being built in Georgia and South Carolina,” she said. “It further includes deployment of small modular light water reactors in the mid-2020s. And finally, development, demonstration and deployment of advanced nonlight-water reactors.”

The NuScale SMR consists of integrated pressurized water reactor modules, designed on the light water reactor technology that has safely operated worldwide for the past 70 years. When coupled to its factory fabricated power generation equipment, a NuScale Power Module can produce 50 MW of electricity. A NuScale power plant can house up to 12 of these modules for a total facility output of 600 MW (gross).
A power plant’s capacity can be increased in stages depending on electricity demand. Construction timeframes – about 36 months for each module – can make it easier for a smaller utility to raise capital and allow quicker returns on an investment while the rest of the plant is under construction, NEI said. In addition, each module can be built at an off-site factory and shipped to the plant site via truck, train or barge.
The NuScale design also has unique safety characteristics: under abnormal conditions, the reactor can shut itself down and cool itself for indefinite periods without the need for human intervention, water addition or external electricity supplies.

NuScale has been working on its SMR design for more than ten years, with initial development and testing at Oregon State University. In 2011, the global engineering, procurement and construction firm Fluor Corp became the majority investor in NuScale.

Scott Burnell, public affairs officer at the NRC, said NuScale’s application is the first to propose a nuclear power plant designed with several small reactors instead of one large one.
“The company has discussed this approach with us since 2008, using much the same ‘pre-application’ process followed by makers of traditional large reactors. These talks helped both the NRC and NuScale understand where the design might need additional supporting information or alternative approaches to NRC policies. For instance, NuScale examined how its design could best meet the NRC’s requirements for staff in the control room,” Burnell said.
The NRC also used information from NuScale in developing a design-specific review standard. This ensures the agency’s technical staff has specific guidance on the requirements NuScale must meet to get the novel small modular design approved, he said. The NRC published the draft review standard in July 2015 and after public comment, issued the final review standard in August 2016.
A certified design is considered safe and appropriate for US use, and the NRC has certified six reactor designs to date.

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NRSC specialist participated in the Third On-Site Inspection Training Cycle Introductory Course (IC-3TC)

NRSC specialist Vahagn Petrosyan has participated in the Third On-Site Inspection Training Cycle Introductory Course (IC-3TC) organized by the CTBTO. The training course was held from 15 to 29 October 2016 in Zvolen, Slovakia. The 80 participants represented more than 50 Countries. During the training course, have been considered procedures, time frames of the Inspections and responsibilities and rights of the Inspectors Team in a case of possible nuclear test explosion. The second part of the training course has been conducted in the Special Forces Training Facility Lest, where the main possible indicators of nuclear test explosion have been investigated during the field exercises.

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Training course on ANSYS CFX

NRSC specialists Hovhannes Hovhannisyan and Mher Mantashyan participated in the ANSYS CFX advanced training course which took place at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics on 3-28 October 2016. The training course was organized within the support of Brookhaven National Laboratory (in the framework of US NRC and ANRA cooperation agreement) and was aimed to provide deep knowledge in the field of ANSYS CFX code. In the framework of training NRSC specialists modeled WWER-440 reactor’s pressure vessel and fuel assembly. Using developed models were performed calculations.

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Emergency response exercise at Bavra checkpoint of the Armenian-Georgian border

The NRSC mobile response group participated in the emergency response exercise at Bavra checkpoint of the Armenian-Georgian border from 26 to 29 September 2016. The exercise was organized by the embassy of United States in Armenia. During the exercise, the NRSC experts have conducted the identification of radioactive sources, localization of contaminated areas and objects.

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NRSC participated in the Workshop on Computational Fluid Dynamics for Nuclear Reactor Safety 6 (CFD4NRS-6)

NRSC participated in the Computational Fluid Dynamics for Nuclear Reactor Safety 6 (CFD4NRS-6) workshop held in MIT, Cambridge from September 13-15, 2016. The workshop is organized by OECD and NEA and the theme of the last one was uncertainty analysis of computational fluid dynamic applications related to nuclear safety. NRSC simulation of a T-junction mixing problem was presented as a poster titled ANSYS CFX Simulation of T-junction Mixing Phenomena and Validation against Vattenfall Experiment Results.

https://www.energy.gov/nnsa/articles/nnsa-team-enhances-armenias-emergency-response-capabilities

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THE SIXTH REGIONAL MEETING ON RADIATION SOURCES REGULATORY PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM, TBILISI, GEORGIA

The U.S. NRC organized the sixth workshop on Radiation Sources Regulatory Partnership program. The workshop was held from 5 to 7 September in Tbilisi, Georgia. Participants represented the following countries – Armenia, Azerbaijan, Czech Republic, Georgia, Lithuania, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan. Representatives from AdSTM/Qi Tech and U.S. NRC have attended the meeting.

Participants presented the status of finished and current work and accomplishments in improving state control of radiation sources and X-ray devices during the past years within the U.S. NRC assistance program and outside of the program. During the meeting, NRSC presented the new features of ARIS v2.2 and NUCMAT v3.1, how to install and uninstall the new version of the software and how to restore the database from older versions. All new features have been demonstrated to the participants.

In the workshop program was included also the presentation about the upcoming version of ARIS (v2.5). New features planned to implement in the next version of the software were presented. The new support websites of ARIS and NUCMAT also were demonstrated.

All suggestions, comments and requests from participants were discussed and recorded to promote onwards software improvements and to make software more comfortable and useful for all users.

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IAEA regional workshop on “Radiation Monitoring During the Nuclear Emergencies”

The IAEA organized a workshop held in Koriyama, Japan, 16-20 April 2016 on radiation monitoring during the nuclear emergencies. The NRSC expert participated in radiation monitoring activities on high-contaminated areas of Fukushima site. Workshop participants from 7 countries performed in-situ–gamma ray-spectrometry, dose rate measurements and sampling of contaminated soil.

Grid connection for first Korean APR – 1400

Unit 3 of South Korea’s Shin Kori nuclear power plant was connected to the grid on 15 January and has started supplying electricity, plant owner Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power (KHNP) announced yesterday.

Shin Kori 3 – construction of which began in October 2008 – is the first Korean-designed Advanced Pressurised Reactor-1400 (APR-1400) to start up.

Having been issued with an operating licence for the unit by the Nuclear Safety and Security Commission on 30 October, KHNP began loading 241 fuel assemblies into the reactor on 4 November. The unit achieved first criticality on 29 December.

KHNP has since been conducting commissioning tests at the unit. These tests involve checking the unit’s performance as its output is gradually increased to full capacity.

Shin Kori 3 is expected to enter commercial operation in May following the completion of these tests, KHNP said. It becomes South Korea’s 25th operable power reactor.

Unit 4 at Shin Kori – also an APR-1400 – is expected to start operating in early 2017. Unit 3 had originally been due to begin operating at the end of 2013, with unit 4 following in September 2014. However, their operation has been delayed by the need to test safety-related control cabling and its subsequent replacement.

Two more of the 1350 MWe pressurized water reactors are under construction as units 1 and 2 of the Shin Hanul site in South Korea. Those units are expected to enter service in April 2017 and February 2018, respectively.

Two further APR-1400 units are planned for both the Shin Kori and Shin Hanul sites.

Four more APR-1400s are under construction at Barakah in the United Arab Emirates. All four are scheduled to be in operation by 2020.

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The implementation of the TOSCA tool was discussed with IAEA experts

The experience of the Center for the application of the TOSCA tool will be presented at the IAEA during the international conference, which will take place on December 2-6, in Vienna/ Austria.

Armenian Nuclear Regulatory Authority (ANRA) hosted the Swedish Radiation Safety Authority representatives.

Leading specialist on radiation safety from NRSC Arpi Khachatryan participated in the Technical Meeting held in Vienna, from 21-23 October.

Representative of NRSC participated in the international workshop regarding the exchange of experiences on the topics of Radioactive Waste Management and the handling of orphan radioactive sources for the countries of Eastern Europe and Central Asia.

Armen Amirjanyan, director of the Center, spoke about the construction of the new nuclear power plant, and the proposed technologies.

The interview of Anahit Petoyan, a nuclear forensics and radiation safety specialist about the so-called «not so feminine and attractive» profession, its choice, and other interesting issues.

The representative of the NRSC radiation safety team participated in the prestigious 65th annual meeting of the «Institute of Nuclear Materials Management».

The meeting among the «Nuclear and Radiation Safety Center» and IAEA representatives was held from June 25-26, in Yerevan.

By the decision N 326 of March 7, 2024, the Government of the Republic of Armenia approved the document “Parameters that are subject for review during assessment and expertise of environmental impact of objects important for atomic energy purposes”.

Representative of NRSC participated in the «Second Regional Coordination Meeting» on the IAEA RER9157 regional project held in Viena, Austria, in the period of 15-18 January 2024.

On January 9-10, 2024, the representative of the NRSC participated in the international working meeting on «International CBRN Response and Assistance» organized in Dushanbe, Tajikistan.

NRSC staff member participated in the Sixth Meeting of Nuclear Harmonization and Standardization Initiatives Regulatory Track Working Group 2 on Multinational Pre-licensing Regulatory Design Review.

The representative of NRSC participated in the International Conference on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management, Decommissioning, Environmental Protection and Remediation.

NRSC Specialist Surik Bznuni Participated in Discussions on New Nuclear Power Plants in Armenia

Armenia-US Arrangement for the Exchange of Technical Information and Cooperation in Nuclear Safety Matters.

Armenia’s Premier Nikol Pashinyan stated that small modular nuclear reactors with a capacity of 70 MW enable the existing capacities to be gradually built up.

NRSC representatives took part in retraining and maintenance trainings organized and conducted by the NNSA.

SPARCS can be deployed for a wide range of radiological sources, conducting background surveys and portal monitoring at major public gatherings and providing border crossing surveillance.

NRSC representative participated in the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s 35th Annual Regulatory Information Conference held on 14-16 March 2023 in Washington DC, USA.

NRSC against illicit trafficking of nuclear and radioactive materials in the RA

The Nuclear and Radiation Safety Center plays a key role in the fight against illicit trafficking of nuclear and radioactive materials in the Republic of Armenia.

RE-CERTIFICATION AUDIT OF QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

On 30 November 2022 NRSC successfully passed re-certification audit of its Quality Management System that was conducted in accordance with the requirements of ISO 9001:2015 standard.

The audit was carried out by the TUV Rheinland representative office in Armenia.

NRSC representative participated in the Regional Workshop on Capacity Building and Competence Assessment for a Regulatory Body that took place on 5-9 September 2022 at the IAEA premises in Vienna, Austria

NRSC representative participated in the EU CBRN CoE P67 “Strengthening CBRN Waste Management Capabilities in South-East and Eastern European Countries” final project meeting.

NRSC specialist participated in the Regional workshop on radioanalytical analysis of norm samples and intercomparison exercise, held on 18-22 July 2022, Athens, Greece, jointly organized by IAEA and EEAE.

The representative of the radiation safety group took part in the “Study visit on the management of DSRS and orphan sources, remediation, waste retrieval, and specific waste streams management” held in Belgrade during 25 – 29 July 2022.

The main issues on licensing of construction and operation of RW treatment and storage facilities were discussed.

The drafts of «Management of disused sealed radioactive sources and other institutional radioactive waste» and «Monitoring of Radioactive Waste Management Facilities» documents were finalized.

NRSC participated in Nuclear Security Awareness Raising Workshop for Decision Makers in Armenia and Armenia’s Integrated Nuclear Security Support Plan Review Mission, 21-25 March, 2022

NRSC specialist participated in Technical Meeting on International Safeguards in the Design of Radioactive Waste Management Programmes

The event served as a forum to review the main text of the publication, to contribute to and review the technical examples related to Member States’ experience.

NRSC is Carrying Out Environmental Radiation Measurements of Mining Sites in Armenia

NRSC is actively carrying out environmental radiometric measurements of mining sites in Armenia. The purpose of the radiation monitoring is to find out the radiation situation in the mining site.

NRSC has Installed and Commissioned Environmental Radiation Monitoring stations in Armenia

NRSC has Identified and Recovered Disused and Orphan Radioactive Sources in Armenia, Phase 2

Institute of Physical Research of NAS RA,
Institute of Ecologonospheric Research of NAS RA,
Cardiology Research Institute,
National Polytechnic University of Armenia,
National Institute of Metrology

In total, more than 80 radioactive sources from the above-mentioned organizations were identified and recovered.

NRSC has Identified and Recovered Disused and Orphan Radioactive Sources in Armenia, Phase 1

During 2021, “Nuclear and Radiation Safety Center” CJSC has successfully carried out the identification of disused and orphan radioactive sources used in the following organizations:

Institute of Physical Research of NAS RA,
Institute of Ecologonospheric Research of NAS RA,
Cardiology Research Institute,
National Polytechnic University of Armenia,
National Institute of Metrology

Found radioactive sources of National Institute of Metrology were recovered and securely transported to “Rendering Harmless of Radioactive Waste” CJSC for safe storage.

In total, more than 80 radioactive sources from the above-mentioned organizations were identified and recovered.

NRSC Recovered Co60 Disused Radioactive Sources of Gyumri Oncology Dispenser

NRSC is Actively Participating in the Enhancement of the Radiation Safety in Armenia

“Nuclear and Radiation Safety Center” CJSC continues to actively participate in the process of raising the level of radiation safety in Armenia.

For this purpose, it is continuously implemented:

recovery of disused radioactive sources,
identification and recovery of radioactive sources that are exempted from regulatory control,
design of environmental radiation monitoring network in Armenia, installation and commissioning of monitoring stations.

NRSC Specialists Participated on Workshop on Development of the Safety Case and Safety Assessment of Geological Disposal Facilities and Activities for the Safe Management of Radioactive Waste

NRSC EXPERTS HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THE TRAINING COURSE ON APPROXIMATION OF RA NATIONAL LEGISLATION WITH THE EU LEGISLATION

NRSC SPECIALIST HAS PARTICIPATED IN THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE MANAGEMENT OF SPENT FUEL

NRSC Participated in Seventh RSRP Regional Meeting of FSU Countries 2018

Source: http://www.rsrp-online.org/news/seventh-rsrp-regional-meeting-fsu-countries-2018

Participation of the Armenian team in the LIONSHIELD-2018 exercise organized by CBRN in Tbilisi, Georgia, June 2018

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NRSC participation in the 3rd NEA/WGAMA CFD-VV-UQ & BM task group meeting

NRSC specialist participated in Regional Workshop on Communication for Safety by the Regulatory Body, May 2018, Ukraine

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NRSC is recognized as a National Data Center by Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO)

NRSC Specialist Has Participated in the Workshop on modifications of the Nuclear Power Plants, Xiamen, PRC, 10-14 July

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TRACE FELLOWSHIP AT THE BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY

Information about fellowship is also presented at the ANL International programs site:

https://international.anl.gov/fellows/2017/Hovhannes%20Hovhannisyan%20-%20ARM-16004%20-%202017-02.pdf

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NRSC specialist participated in the Third On-Site Inspection Training Cycle Introductory Course (IC-3TC)

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Training course on ANSYS CFX

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Emergency response exercise at Bavra checkpoint of the Armenian-Georgian border

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NRSC participated in the Workshop on Computational Fluid Dynamics for Nuclear Reactor Safety 6 (CFD4NRS-6)

https://www.energy.gov/nnsa/articles/nnsa-team-enhances-armenias-emergency-response-capabilities

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THE SIXTH REGIONAL MEETING ON RADIATION SOURCES REGULATORY PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM, TBILISI, GEORGIA

All suggestions, comments and requests from participants were discussed and recorded to promote onwards software improvements and to make software more comfortable and useful for all users.

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IAEA regional workshop on “Radiation Monitoring During the Nuclear Emergencies”

Grid connection for first Korean APR – 1400

Shin Kori 3 – construction of which began in October 2008 – is the first Korean-designed Advanced Pressurised Reactor-1400 (APR-1400) to start up.

KHNP has since been conducting commissioning tests at the unit. These tests involve checking the unit’s performance as its output is gradually increased to full capacity.

Shin Kori 3 is expected to enter commercial operation in May following the completion of these tests, KHNP said. It becomes South Korea’s 25th operable power reactor.

Two further APR-1400 units are planned for both the Shin Kori and Shin Hanul sites.

Four more APR-1400s are under construction at Barakah in the United Arab Emirates. All four are scheduled to be in operation by 2020.

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by World Nuclear News

The implementation of the TOSCA tool was discussed with IAEA experts

The experience of the Center for the application of the TOSCA tool will be presented at the IAEA during the international conference, which will take place on December 2-6, in Vienna/ Austria.

Armenian Nuclear Regulatory Authority (ANRA) hosted the Swedish Radiation Safety Authority representatives.

Leading specialist on radiation safety from NRSC Arpi Khachatryan participated in the Technical Meeting held in Vienna, from 21-23 October.

Representative of NRSC participated in the international workshop regarding the exchange of experiences on the topics of Radioactive Waste Management and the handling of orphan radioactive sources for the countries of Eastern Europe and Central Asia.

Armen Amirjanyan, director of the Center, spoke about the construction of the new nuclear power plant, and the proposed technologies.

The interview of Anahit Petoyan, a nuclear forensics and radiation safety specialist about the so-called «not so feminine and attractive» profession, its choice, and other interesting issues.

The representative of the NRSC radiation safety team participated in the prestigious 65th annual meeting of the «Institute of Nuclear Materials Management».

The meeting among the «Nuclear and Radiation Safety Center» and IAEA representatives was held from June 25-26, in Yerevan.

By the decision N 326 of March 7, 2024, the Government of the Republic of Armenia approved the document “Parameters that are subject for review during assessment and expertise of environmental impact of objects important for atomic energy purposes”.

Representative of NRSC participated in the «Second Regional Coordination Meeting» on the IAEA RER9157 regional project held in Viena, Austria, in the period of 15-18 January 2024.

On January 9-10, 2024, the representative of the NRSC participated in the international working meeting on «International CBRN Response and Assistance» organized in Dushanbe, Tajikistan.

NRSC staff member participated in the Sixth Meeting of Nuclear Harmonization and Standardization Initiatives Regulatory Track Working Group 2 on Multinational Pre-licensing Regulatory Design Review.

The representative of NRSC participated in the International Conference on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management, Decommissioning, Environmental Protection and Remediation.

NRSC Specialist Surik Bznuni Participated in Discussions on New Nuclear Power Plants in Armenia

Armenia-US Arrangement for the Exchange of Technical Information and Cooperation in Nuclear Safety Matters.

Armenia’s Premier Nikol Pashinyan stated that small modular nuclear reactors with a capacity of 70 MW enable the existing capacities to be gradually built up.

NRSC representatives took part in retraining and maintenance trainings organized and conducted by the NNSA.

SPARCS can be deployed for a wide range of radiological sources, conducting background surveys and portal monitoring at major public gatherings and providing border crossing surveillance.

NRSC representative participated in the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s 35th Annual Regulatory Information Conference held on 14-16 March 2023 in Washington DC, USA.

NRSC against illicit trafficking of nuclear and radioactive materials in the RA

The Nuclear and Radiation Safety Center plays a key role in the fight against illicit trafficking of nuclear and radioactive materials in the Republic of Armenia.

RE-CERTIFICATION AUDIT OF QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

On 30 November 2022 NRSC successfully passed re-certification audit of its Quality Management System that was conducted in accordance with the requirements of ISO 9001:2015 standard.

The audit was carried out by the TUV Rheinland representative office in Armenia.

NRSC representative participated in the Regional Workshop on Capacity Building and Competence Assessment for a Regulatory Body that took place on 5-9 September 2022 at the IAEA premises in Vienna, Austria

NRSC representative participated in the EU CBRN CoE P67 “Strengthening CBRN Waste Management Capabilities in South-East and Eastern European Countries” final project meeting.

NRSC specialist participated in the Regional workshop on radioanalytical analysis of norm samples and intercomparison exercise, held on 18-22 July 2022, Athens, Greece, jointly organized by IAEA and EEAE.

The representative of the radiation safety group took part in the “Study visit on the management of DSRS and orphan sources, remediation, waste retrieval, and specific waste streams management” held in Belgrade during 25 – 29 July 2022.

The main issues on licensing of construction and operation of RW treatment and storage facilities were discussed.

The drafts of «Management of disused sealed radioactive sources and other institutional radioactive waste» and «Monitoring of Radioactive Waste Management Facilities» documents were finalized.

NRSC participated in Nuclear Security Awareness Raising Workshop for Decision Makers in Armenia and Armenia’s Integrated Nuclear Security Support Plan Review Mission, 21-25 March, 2022

NRSC specialist participated in Technical Meeting on International Safeguards in the Design of Radioactive Waste Management Programmes

The event served as a forum to review the main text of the publication, to contribute to and review the technical examples related to Member States’ experience.

NRSC is Carrying Out Environmental Radiation Measurements of Mining Sites in Armenia

NRSC is actively carrying out environmental radiometric measurements of mining sites in Armenia. The purpose of the radiation monitoring is to find out the radiation situation in the mining site.

NRSC has Installed and Commissioned Environmental Radiation Monitoring stations in Armenia

NRSC has Identified and Recovered Disused and Orphan Radioactive Sources in Armenia, Phase 2

Institute of Physical Research of NAS RA,
Institute of Ecologonospheric Research of NAS RA,
Cardiology Research Institute,
National Polytechnic University of Armenia,
National Institute of Metrology

In total, more than 80 radioactive sources from the above-mentioned organizations were identified and recovered.

NRSC has Identified and Recovered Disused and Orphan Radioactive Sources in Armenia, Phase 1

During 2021, “Nuclear and Radiation Safety Center” CJSC has successfully carried out the identification of disused and orphan radioactive sources used in the following organizations:

Institute of Physical Research of NAS RA,
Institute of Ecologonospheric Research of NAS RA,
Cardiology Research Institute,
National Polytechnic University of Armenia,
National Institute of Metrology

Found radioactive sources of National Institute of Metrology were recovered and securely transported to “Rendering Harmless of Radioactive Waste” CJSC for safe storage.

In total, more than 80 radioactive sources from the above-mentioned organizations were identified and recovered.

NRSC Recovered Co60 Disused Radioactive Sources of Gyumri Oncology Dispenser

NRSC is Actively Participating in the Enhancement of the Radiation Safety in Armenia

“Nuclear and Radiation Safety Center” CJSC continues to actively participate in the process of raising the level of radiation safety in Armenia.

For this purpose, it is continuously implemented:

recovery of disused radioactive sources,
identification and recovery of radioactive sources that are exempted from regulatory control,
design of environmental radiation monitoring network in Armenia, installation and commissioning of monitoring stations.

NRSC Specialists Participated on Workshop on Development of the Safety Case and Safety Assessment of Geological Disposal Facilities and Activities for the Safe Management of Radioactive Waste

NRSC EXPERTS HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THE TRAINING COURSE ON APPROXIMATION OF RA NATIONAL LEGISLATION WITH THE EU LEGISLATION

NRSC SPECIALIST HAS PARTICIPATED IN THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE MANAGEMENT OF SPENT FUEL

NRSC Participated in Seventh RSRP Regional Meeting of FSU Countries 2018

Source: http://www.rsrp-online.org/news/seventh-rsrp-regional-meeting-fsu-countries-2018

Participation of the Armenian team in the LIONSHIELD-2018 exercise organized by CBRN in Tbilisi, Georgia, June 2018

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NRSC participation in the 3rd NEA/WGAMA CFD-VV-UQ & BM task group meeting

NRSC specialist participated in Regional Workshop on Communication for Safety by the Regulatory Body, May 2018, Ukraine

RSRP visits Armenia

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NRSC is recognized as a National Data Center by Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO)

NRSC Specialist Has Participated in the Workshop on modifications of the Nuclear Power Plants, Xiamen, PRC, 10-14 July

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TRACE FELLOWSHIP AT THE BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY

Information about fellowship is also presented at the ANL International programs site:

https://international.anl.gov/fellows/2017/Hovhannes%20Hovhannisyan%20-%20ARM-16004%20-%202017-02.pdf

NuScale makes history with SMR design application

Demand

Historic moment

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by World Nuclear News

NRSC specialist participated in the Third On-Site Inspection Training Cycle Introductory Course (IC-3TC)

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Training course on ANSYS CFX

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Emergency response exercise at Bavra checkpoint of the Armenian-Georgian border

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NRSC participated in the Workshop on Computational Fluid Dynamics for Nuclear Reactor Safety 6 (CFD4NRS-6)

https://www.energy.gov/nnsa/articles/nnsa-team-enhances-armenias-emergency-response-capabilities

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THE SIXTH REGIONAL MEETING ON RADIATION SOURCES REGULATORY PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM, TBILISI, GEORGIA

All suggestions, comments and requests from participants were discussed and recorded to promote onwards software improvements and to make software more comfortable and useful for all users.

14241603_1137279282995707_5126859667659450154_o

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IAEA regional workshop on “Radiation Monitoring During the Nuclear Emergencies”

Grid connection for first Korean APR – 1400

Shin Kori 3 – construction of which began in October 2008 – is the first Korean-designed Advanced Pressurised Reactor-1400 (APR-1400) to start up.

KHNP has since been conducting commissioning tests at the unit. These tests involve checking the unit’s performance as its output is gradually increased to full capacity.

Shin Kori 3 is expected to enter commercial operation in May following the completion of these tests, KHNP said. It becomes South Korea’s 25th operable power reactor.

Two further APR-1400 units are planned for both the Shin Kori and Shin Hanul sites.

Four more APR-1400s are under construction at Barakah in the United Arab Emirates. All four are scheduled to be in operation by 2020.

Researched and written
by World Nuclear News

The implementation of the TOSCA tool was discussed with IAEA experts

The experience of the Center for the application of the TOSCA tool will be presented at the IAEA during the international conference, which will take place on December 2-6, in Vienna/ Austria.

Armenian Nuclear Regulatory Authority (ANRA) hosted the Swedish Radiation Safety Authority representatives.

Leading specialist on radiation safety from NRSC Arpi Khachatryan participated in the Technical Meeting held in Vienna, from 21-23 October.

Representative of NRSC participated in the international workshop regarding the exchange of experiences on the topics of Radioactive Waste Management and the handling of orphan radioactive sources for the countries of Eastern Europe and Central Asia.

Armen Amirjanyan, director of the Center, spoke about the construction of the new nuclear power plant, and the proposed technologies.

The interview of Anahit Petoyan, a nuclear forensics and radiation safety specialist about the so-called «not so feminine and attractive» profession, its choice, and other interesting issues.

The representative of the NRSC radiation safety team participated in the prestigious 65th annual meeting of the «Institute of Nuclear Materials Management».

The meeting among the «Nuclear and Radiation Safety Center» and IAEA representatives was held from June 25-26, in Yerevan.

By the decision N 326 of March 7, 2024, the Government of the Republic of Armenia approved the document “Parameters that are subject for review during assessment and expertise of environmental impact of objects important for atomic energy purposes”.

Representative of NRSC participated in the «Second Regional Coordination Meeting» on the IAEA RER9157 regional project held in Viena, Austria, in the period of 15-18 January 2024.

On January 9-10, 2024, the representative of the NRSC participated in the international working meeting on «International CBRN Response and Assistance» organized in Dushanbe, Tajikistan.

NRSC staff member participated in the Sixth Meeting of Nuclear Harmonization and Standardization Initiatives Regulatory Track Working Group 2 on Multinational Pre-licensing Regulatory Design Review.

The representative of NRSC participated in the International Conference on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management, Decommissioning, Environmental Protection and Remediation.

NRSC Specialist Surik Bznuni Participated in Discussions on New Nuclear Power Plants in Armenia

Armenia-US Arrangement for the Exchange of Technical Information and Cooperation in Nuclear Safety Matters.

Armenia’s Premier Nikol Pashinyan stated that small modular nuclear reactors with a capacity of 70 MW enable the existing capacities to be gradually built up.

NRSC representatives took part in retraining and maintenance trainings organized and conducted by the NNSA.

SPARCS can be deployed for a wide range of radiological sources, conducting background surveys and portal monitoring at major public gatherings and providing border crossing surveillance.

NRSC representative participated in the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s 35th Annual Regulatory Information Conference held on 14-16 March 2023 in Washington DC, USA.

NRSC against illicit trafficking of nuclear and radioactive materials in the RA

The Nuclear and Radiation Safety Center plays a key role in the fight against illicit trafficking of nuclear and radioactive materials in the Republic of Armenia.

RE-CERTIFICATION AUDIT OF QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

On 30 November 2022 NRSC successfully passed re-certification audit of its Quality Management System that was conducted in accordance with the requirements of ISO 9001:2015 standard.

The audit was carried out by the TUV Rheinland representative office in Armenia.

NRSC representative participated in the Regional Workshop on Capacity Building and Competence Assessment for a Regulatory Body that took place on 5-9 September 2022 at the IAEA premises in Vienna, Austria

NRSC representative participated in the EU CBRN CoE P67 “Strengthening CBRN Waste Management Capabilities in South-East and Eastern European Countries” final project meeting.

NRSC specialist participated in the Regional workshop on radioanalytical analysis of norm samples and intercomparison exercise, held on 18-22 July 2022, Athens, Greece, jointly organized by IAEA and EEAE.

The representative of the radiation safety group took part in the “Study visit on the management of DSRS and orphan sources, remediation, waste retrieval, and specific waste streams management” held in Belgrade during 25 – 29 July 2022.

The main issues on licensing of construction and operation of RW treatment and storage facilities were discussed.

The drafts of «Management of disused sealed radioactive sources and other institutional radioactive waste» and «Monitoring of Radioactive Waste Management Facilities» documents were finalized.

NRSC participated in Nuclear Security Awareness Raising Workshop for Decision Makers in Armenia and Armenia’s Integrated Nuclear Security Support Plan Review Mission, 21-25 March, 2022

NRSC specialist participated in Technical Meeting on International Safeguards in the Design of Radioactive Waste Management Programmes

The event served as a forum to review the main text of the publication, to contribute to and review the technical examples related to Member States’ experience.

NRSC is Carrying Out Environmental Radiation Measurements of Mining Sites in Armenia

NRSC is actively carrying out environmental radiometric measurements of mining sites in Armenia. The purpose of the radiation monitoring is to find out the radiation situation in the mining site.

NRSC has Installed and Commissioned Environmental Radiation Monitoring stations in Armenia

NRSC has Identified and Recovered Disused and Orphan Radioactive Sources in Armenia, Phase 2

Institute of Physical Research of NAS RA,
Institute of Ecologonospheric Research of NAS RA,
Cardiology Research Institute,
National Polytechnic University of Armenia,
National Institute of Metrology

In total, more than 80 radioactive sources from the above-mentioned organizations were identified and recovered.

NRSC has Identified and Recovered Disused and Orphan Radioactive Sources in Armenia, Phase 1

During 2021, “Nuclear and Radiation Safety Center” CJSC has successfully carried out the identification of disused and orphan radioactive sources used in the following organizations:

Institute of Physical Research of NAS RA,
Institute of Ecologonospheric Research of NAS RA,
Cardiology Research Institute,
National Polytechnic University of Armenia,
National Institute of Metrology

Found radioactive sources of National Institute of Metrology were recovered and securely transported to “Rendering Harmless of Radioactive Waste” CJSC for safe storage.

In total, more than 80 radioactive sources from the above-mentioned organizations were identified and recovered.

NRSC Recovered Co60 Disused Radioactive Sources of Gyumri Oncology Dispenser

NRSC is Actively Participating in the Enhancement of the Radiation Safety in Armenia

“Nuclear and Radiation Safety Center” CJSC continues to actively participate in the process of raising the level of radiation safety in Armenia.

For this purpose, it is continuously implemented:

recovery of disused radioactive sources,
identification and recovery of radioactive sources that are exempted from regulatory control,
design of environmental radiation monitoring network in Armenia, installation and commissioning of monitoring stations.

NRSC Specialists Participated on Workshop on Development of the Safety Case and Safety Assessment of Geological Disposal Facilities and Activities for the Safe Management of Radioactive Waste

NRSC EXPERTS HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THE TRAINING COURSE ON APPROXIMATION OF RA NATIONAL LEGISLATION WITH THE EU LEGISLATION

NRSC SPECIALIST HAS PARTICIPATED IN THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE MANAGEMENT OF SPENT FUEL

NRSC Participated in Seventh RSRP Regional Meeting of FSU Countries 2018

Source: http://www.rsrp-online.org/news/seventh-rsrp-regional-meeting-fsu-countries-2018

Participation of the Armenian team in the LIONSHIELD-2018 exercise organized by CBRN in Tbilisi, Georgia, June 2018

Վարժանքի նախապատրաստական աշխատանքներ և սցենարների քննարկում

Վարժանքի մասնակիցները

Վարժանքի շրջանակներում կազմակերպված ռադիոակտիվ աղբյուրի որոնողական աշխատանքներ

NRSC participation in the 3rd NEA/WGAMA CFD-VV-UQ & BM task group meeting

NRSC specialist participated in Regional Workshop on Communication for Safety by the Regulatory Body, May 2018, Ukraine

RSRP visits Armenia

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Source: http://www.rsrp-online.org/news/rsrp-visits-armenia

NRSC is recognized as a National Data Center by Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO)

NRSC Specialist Has Participated in the Workshop on modifications of the Nuclear Power Plants, Xiamen, PRC, 10-14 July

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TRACE FELLOWSHIP AT THE BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY

Information about fellowship is also presented at the ANL International programs site:

https://international.anl.gov/fellows/2017/Hovhannes%20Hovhannisyan%20-%20ARM-16004%20-%202017-02.pdf

NuScale makes history with SMR design application

Demand

Historic moment

Researched and written
by World Nuclear News

NRSC specialist participated in the Third On-Site Inspection Training Cycle Introductory Course (IC-3TC)

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Training course on ANSYS CFX

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6-min.jpeg

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5-min.jpeg

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Emergency response exercise at Bavra checkpoint of the Armenian-Georgian border

20160928_115734-min

20160928_115802-min

NRSC participated in the Workshop on Computational Fluid Dynamics for Nuclear Reactor Safety 6 (CFD4NRS-6)

https://www.energy.gov/nnsa/articles/nnsa-team-enhances-armenias-emergency-response-capabilities

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life-4750

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THE SIXTH REGIONAL MEETING ON RADIATION SOURCES REGULATORY PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM, TBILISI, GEORGIA

All suggestions, comments and requests from participants were discussed and recorded to promote onwards software improvements and to make software more comfortable and useful for all users.

14241603_1137279282995707_5126859667659450154_o

dscn3440

dscn3472

IAEA regional workshop on “Radiation Monitoring During the Nuclear Emergencies”

Grid connection for first Korean APR – 1400

Shin Kori 3 – construction of which began in October 2008 – is the first Korean-designed Advanced Pressurised Reactor-1400 (APR-1400) to start up.

KHNP has since been conducting commissioning tests at the unit. These tests involve checking the unit’s performance as its output is gradually increased to full capacity.

Shin Kori 3 is expected to enter commercial operation in May following the completion of these tests, KHNP said. It becomes South Korea’s 25th operable power reactor.

Two further APR-1400 units are planned for both the Shin Kori and Shin Hanul sites.

Four more APR-1400s are under construction at Barakah in the United Arab Emirates. All four are scheduled to be in operation by 2020.

Researched and written
by World Nuclear News

The implementation of the TOSCA tool was discussed with IAEA experts

The experience of the Center for the application of the TOSCA tool will be presented at the IAEA during the international conference, which will take place on December 2-6, in Vienna/ Austria.

Armenian Nuclear Regulatory Authority (ANRA) hosted the Swedish Radiation Safety Authority representatives.

Leading specialist on radiation safety from NRSC Arpi Khachatryan participated in the Technical Meeting held in Vienna, from 21-23 October.

Representative of NRSC participated in the international workshop regarding the exchange of experiences on the topics of Radioactive Waste Management and the handling of orphan radioactive sources for the countries of Eastern Europe and Central Asia.

Armen Amirjanyan, director of the Center, spoke about the construction of the new nuclear power plant, and the proposed technologies.

The interview of Anahit Petoyan, a nuclear forensics and radiation safety specialist about the so-called «not so feminine and attractive» profession, its choice, and other interesting issues.

The representative of the NRSC radiation safety team participated in the prestigious 65th annual meeting of the «Institute of Nuclear Materials Management».

The meeting among the «Nuclear and Radiation Safety Center» and IAEA representatives was held from June 25-26, in Yerevan.

By the decision N 326 of March 7, 2024, the Government of the Republic of Armenia approved the document “Parameters that are subject for review during assessment and expertise of environmental impact of objects important for atomic energy purposes”.

Representative of NRSC participated in the «Second Regional Coordination Meeting» on the IAEA RER9157 regional project held in Viena, Austria, in the period of 15-18 January 2024.

On January 9-10, 2024, the representative of the NRSC participated in the international working meeting on «International CBRN Response and Assistance» organized in Dushanbe, Tajikistan.

NRSC staff member participated in the Sixth Meeting of Nuclear Harmonization and Standardization Initiatives Regulatory Track Working Group 2 on Multinational Pre-licensing Regulatory Design Review.

The representative of NRSC participated in the International Conference on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management, Decommissioning, Environmental Protection and Remediation.

NRSC Specialist Surik Bznuni Participated in Discussions on New Nuclear Power Plants in Armenia

Armenia-US Arrangement for the Exchange of Technical Information and Cooperation in Nuclear Safety Matters.

Armenia’s Premier Nikol Pashinyan stated that small modular nuclear reactors with a capacity of 70 MW enable the existing capacities to be gradually built up.

NRSC representatives took part in retraining and maintenance trainings organized and conducted by the NNSA.

SPARCS can be deployed for a wide range of radiological sources, conducting background surveys and portal monitoring at major public gatherings and providing border crossing surveillance.

NRSC representative participated in the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s 35th Annual Regulatory Information Conference held on 14-16 March 2023 in Washington DC, USA.

NRSC against illicit trafficking of nuclear and radioactive materials in the RA

The Nuclear and Radiation Safety Center plays a key role in the fight against illicit trafficking of nuclear and radioactive materials in the Republic of Armenia.

RE-CERTIFICATION AUDIT OF QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

On 30 November 2022 NRSC successfully passed re-certification audit of its Quality Management System that was conducted in accordance with the requirements of ISO 9001:2015 standard.

The audit was carried out by the TUV Rheinland representative office in Armenia.

NRSC representative participated in the Regional Workshop on Capacity Building and Competence Assessment for a Regulatory Body that took place on 5-9 September 2022 at the IAEA premises in Vienna, Austria

NRSC representative participated in the EU CBRN CoE P67 “Strengthening CBRN Waste Management Capabilities in South-East and Eastern European Countries” final project meeting.

NRSC specialist participated in the Regional workshop on radioanalytical analysis of norm samples and intercomparison exercise, held on 18-22 July 2022, Athens, Greece, jointly organized by IAEA and EEAE.

The representative of the radiation safety group took part in the “Study visit on the management of DSRS and orphan sources, remediation, waste retrieval, and specific waste streams management” held in Belgrade during 25 – 29 July 2022.

The main issues on licensing of construction and operation of RW treatment and storage facilities were discussed.

The drafts of «Management of disused sealed radioactive sources and other institutional radioactive waste» and «Monitoring of Radioactive Waste Management Facilities» documents were finalized.

NRSC participated in Nuclear Security Awareness Raising Workshop for Decision Makers in Armenia and Armenia’s Integrated Nuclear Security Support Plan Review Mission, 21-25 March, 2022

NRSC specialist participated in Technical Meeting on International Safeguards in the Design of Radioactive Waste Management Programmes

The event served as a forum to review the main text of the publication, to contribute to and review the technical examples related to Member States’ experience.

NRSC is Carrying Out Environmental Radiation Measurements of Mining Sites in Armenia

NRSC is actively carrying out environmental radiometric measurements of mining sites in Armenia. The purpose of the radiation monitoring is to find out the radiation situation in the mining site.

NRSC has Installed and Commissioned Environmental Radiation Monitoring stations in Armenia

NRSC has Identified and Recovered Disused and Orphan Radioactive Sources in Armenia, Phase 2

Institute of Physical Research of NAS RA,
Institute of Ecologonospheric Research of NAS RA,
Cardiology Research Institute,
National Polytechnic University of Armenia,
National Institute of Metrology

In total, more than 80 radioactive sources from the above-mentioned organizations were identified and recovered.

NRSC has Identified and Recovered Disused and Orphan Radioactive Sources in Armenia, Phase 1

During 2021, “Nuclear and Radiation Safety Center” CJSC has successfully carried out the identification of disused and orphan radioactive sources used in the following organizations:

Institute of Physical Research of NAS RA,
Institute of Ecologonospheric Research of NAS RA,
Cardiology Research Institute,
National Polytechnic University of Armenia,
National Institute of Metrology

Found radioactive sources of National Institute of Metrology were recovered and securely transported to “Rendering Harmless of Radioactive Waste” CJSC for safe storage.

In total, more than 80 radioactive sources from the above-mentioned organizations were identified and recovered.

NRSC Recovered Co60 Disused Radioactive Sources of Gyumri Oncology Dispenser

NRSC is Actively Participating in the Enhancement of the Radiation Safety in Armenia

“Nuclear and Radiation Safety Center” CJSC continues to actively participate in the process of raising the level of radiation safety in Armenia.

For this purpose, it is continuously implemented:

recovery of disused radioactive sources,
identification and recovery of radioactive sources that are exempted from regulatory control,
design of environmental radiation monitoring network in Armenia, installation and commissioning of monitoring stations.

NRSC Specialists Participated on Workshop on Development of the Safety Case and Safety Assessment of Geological Disposal Facilities and Activities for the Safe Management of Radioactive Waste

NRSC EXPERTS HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THE TRAINING COURSE ON APPROXIMATION OF RA NATIONAL LEGISLATION WITH THE EU LEGISLATION

NRSC SPECIALIST HAS PARTICIPATED IN THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE MANAGEMENT OF SPENT FUEL

NRSC Participated in Seventh RSRP Regional Meeting of FSU Countries 2018

Source: http://www.rsrp-online.org/news/seventh-rsrp-regional-meeting-fsu-countries-2018

Participation of the Armenian team in the LIONSHIELD-2018 exercise organized by CBRN in Tbilisi, Georgia, June 2018

Վարժանքի նախապատրաստական աշխատանքներ և սցենարների քննարկում

Վարժանքի մասնակիցները

Վարժանքի շրջանակներում կազմակերպված ռադիոակտիվ աղբյուրի որոնողական աշխատանքներ

NRSC participation in the 3rd NEA/WGAMA CFD-VV-UQ & BM task group meeting

NRSC specialist participated in Regional Workshop on Communication for Safety by the Regulatory Body, May 2018, Ukraine

RSRP visits Armenia

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Source: http://www.rsrp-online.org/news/rsrp-visits-armenia

NRSC is recognized as a National Data Center by Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO)

NRSC Specialist Has Participated in the Workshop on modifications of the Nuclear Power Plants, Xiamen, PRC, 10-14 July

5_Hovhannes (1)

2017_IAEA WORKSHOP_Group Photo (10)

IMG_2618

IMG_2621

View (49)

TRACE FELLOWSHIP AT THE BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY

Information about fellowship is also presented at the ANL International programs site:

https://international.anl.gov/fellows/2017/Hovhannes%20Hovhannisyan%20-%20ARM-16004%20-%202017-02.pdf

NuScale makes history with SMR design application

Demand

Historic moment

Researched and written
by World Nuclear News

NRSC specialist participated in the Third On-Site Inspection Training Cycle Introductory Course (IC-3TC)

Slovakia3.jpeg

Slovakia5.jpeg

Slovakia2.jpeg

Slovakia6.jpeg

Slovakia4.jpeg

Slovakia1.jpeg

Slovakia7.jpeg

Slovakia8.jpeg

Slovakia9.jpeg

Training course on ANSYS CFX

1-min.jpeg

4-min.jpeg

2-min.jpeg

6-min.jpeg

7-min.jpeg

5-min.jpeg

3-min.jpeg

Emergency response exercise at Bavra checkpoint of the Armenian-Georgian border

20160928_115734-min

20160928_115802-min

NRSC participated in the Workshop on Computational Fluid Dynamics for Nuclear Reactor Safety 6 (CFD4NRS-6)

https://www.energy.gov/nnsa/articles/nnsa-team-enhances-armenias-emergency-response-capabilities

life-4578

life-4610

life-4626

life-4685

life-4750

life-4771

THE SIXTH REGIONAL MEETING ON RADIATION SOURCES REGULATORY PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM, TBILISI, GEORGIA

All suggestions, comments and requests from participants were discussed and recorded to promote onwards software improvements and to make software more comfortable and useful for all users.

14241603_1137279282995707_5126859667659450154_o

dscn3440

dscn3472

IAEA regional workshop on “Radiation Monitoring During the Nuclear Emergencies”

Grid connection for first Korean APR – 1400

Shin Kori 3 – construction of which began in October 2008 – is the first Korean-designed Advanced Pressurised Reactor-1400 (APR-1400) to start up.

KHNP has since been conducting commissioning tests at the unit. These tests involve checking the unit’s performance as its output is gradually increased to full capacity.

Shin Kori 3 is expected to enter commercial operation in May following the completion of these tests, KHNP said. It becomes South Korea’s 25th operable power reactor.

Two further APR-1400 units are planned for both the Shin Kori and Shin Hanul sites.

Four more APR-1400s are under construction at Barakah in the United Arab Emirates. All four are scheduled to be in operation by 2020.

Researched and written
by World Nuclear News

The implementation of the TOSCA tool was discussed with IAEA experts

The experience of the Center for the application of the TOSCA tool will be presented at the IAEA during the international conference, which will take place on December 2-6, in Vienna/ Austria.

Armenian Nuclear Regulatory Authority (ANRA) hosted the Swedish Radiation Safety Authority representatives.

Leading specialist on radiation safety from NRSC Arpi Khachatryan participated in the Technical Meeting held in Vienna, from 21-23 October.

Representative of NRSC participated in the international workshop regarding the exchange of experiences on the topics of Radioactive Waste Management and the handling of orphan radioactive sources for the countries of Eastern Europe and Central Asia.

Armen Amirjanyan, director of the Center, spoke about the construction of the new nuclear power plant, and the proposed technologies.

The interview of Anahit Petoyan, a nuclear forensics and radiation safety specialist about the so-called «not so feminine and attractive» profession, its choice, and other interesting issues.

The representative of the NRSC radiation safety team participated in the prestigious 65th annual meeting of the «Institute of Nuclear Materials Management».

The meeting among the «Nuclear and Radiation Safety Center» and IAEA representatives was held from June 25-26, in Yerevan.

By the decision N 326 of March 7, 2024, the Government of the Republic of Armenia approved the document “Parameters that are subject for review during assessment and expertise of environmental impact of objects important for atomic energy purposes”.

Representative of NRSC participated in the «Second Regional Coordination Meeting» on the IAEA RER9157 regional project held in Viena, Austria, in the period of 15-18 January 2024.

On January 9-10, 2024, the representative of the NRSC participated in the international working meeting on «International CBRN Response and Assistance» organized in Dushanbe, Tajikistan.

NRSC staff member participated in the Sixth Meeting of Nuclear Harmonization and Standardization Initiatives Regulatory Track Working Group 2 on Multinational Pre-licensing Regulatory Design Review.

The representative of NRSC participated in the International Conference on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management, Decommissioning, Environmental Protection and Remediation.

NRSC Specialist Surik Bznuni Participated in Discussions on New Nuclear Power Plants in Armenia

Armenia-US Arrangement for the Exchange of Technical Information and Cooperation in Nuclear Safety Matters.

Armenia’s Premier Nikol Pashinyan stated that small modular nuclear reactors with a capacity of 70 MW enable the existing capacities to be gradually built up.

NRSC representatives took part in retraining and maintenance trainings organized and conducted by the NNSA.

SPARCS can be deployed for a wide range of radiological sources, conducting background surveys and portal monitoring at major public gatherings and providing border crossing surveillance.

NRSC representative participated in the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s 35th Annual Regulatory Information Conference held on 14-16 March 2023 in Washington DC, USA.

NRSC against illicit trafficking of nuclear and radioactive materials in the RA

The Nuclear and Radiation Safety Center plays a key role in the fight against illicit trafficking of nuclear and radioactive materials in the Republic of Armenia.

RE-CERTIFICATION AUDIT OF QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

On 30 November 2022 NRSC successfully passed re-certification audit of its Quality Management System that was conducted in accordance with the requirements of ISO 9001:2015 standard.

The audit was carried out by the TUV Rheinland representative office in Armenia.

NRSC representative participated in the Regional Workshop on Capacity Building and Competence Assessment for a Regulatory Body that took place on 5-9 September 2022 at the IAEA premises in Vienna, Austria

NRSC representative participated in the EU CBRN CoE P67 “Strengthening CBRN Waste Management Capabilities in South-East and Eastern European Countries” final project meeting.

NRSC specialist participated in the Regional workshop on radioanalytical analysis of norm samples and intercomparison exercise, held on 18-22 July 2022, Athens, Greece, jointly organized by IAEA and EEAE.

The representative of the radiation safety group took part in the “Study visit on the management of DSRS and orphan sources, remediation, waste retrieval, and specific waste streams management” held in Belgrade during 25 – 29 July 2022.

The main issues on licensing of construction and operation of RW treatment and storage facilities were discussed.

The drafts of «Management of disused sealed radioactive sources and other institutional radioactive waste» and «Monitoring of Radioactive Waste Management Facilities» documents were finalized.

NRSC participated in Nuclear Security Awareness Raising Workshop for Decision Makers in Armenia and Armenia’s Integrated Nuclear Security Support Plan Review Mission, 21-25 March, 2022

NRSC specialist participated in Technical Meeting on International Safeguards in the Design of Radioactive Waste Management Programmes

The event served as a forum to review the main text of the publication, to contribute to and review the technical examples related to Member States’ experience.

NRSC is Carrying Out Environmental Radiation Measurements of Mining Sites in Armenia

NRSC is actively carrying out environmental radiometric measurements of mining sites in Armenia. The purpose of the radiation monitoring is to find out the radiation situation in the mining site.

NRSC has Installed and Commissioned Environmental Radiation Monitoring stations in Armenia

NRSC has Identified and Recovered Disused and Orphan Radioactive Sources in Armenia, Phase 2

Institute of Physical Research of NAS RA,
Institute of Ecologonospheric Research of NAS RA,
Cardiology Research Institute,
National Polytechnic University of Armenia,
National Institute of Metrology

In total, more than 80 radioactive sources from the above-mentioned organizations were identified and recovered.

NRSC has Identified and Recovered Disused and Orphan Radioactive Sources in Armenia, Phase 1

During 2021, “Nuclear and Radiation Safety Center” CJSC has successfully carried out the identification of disused and orphan radioactive sources used in the following organizations:

Institute of Physical Research of NAS RA,
Institute of Ecologonospheric Research of NAS RA,
Cardiology Research Institute,
National Polytechnic University of Armenia,
National Institute of Metrology

Found radioactive sources of National Institute of Metrology were recovered and securely transported to “Rendering Harmless of Radioactive Waste” CJSC for safe storage.

In total, more than 80 radioactive sources from the above-mentioned organizations were identified and recovered.

NRSC Recovered Co60 Disused Radioactive Sources of Gyumri Oncology Dispenser

NRSC is Actively Participating in the Enhancement of the Radiation Safety in Armenia

“Nuclear and Radiation Safety Center” CJSC continues to actively participate in the process of raising the level of radiation safety in Armenia.

For this purpose, it is continuously implemented:

recovery of disused radioactive sources,
identification and recovery of radioactive sources that are exempted from regulatory control,
design of environmental radiation monitoring network in Armenia, installation and commissioning of monitoring stations.

NRSC Specialists Participated on Workshop on Development of the Safety Case and Safety Assessment of Geological Disposal Facilities and Activities for the Safe Management of Radioactive Waste

NRSC EXPERTS HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THE TRAINING COURSE ON APPROXIMATION OF RA NATIONAL LEGISLATION WITH THE EU LEGISLATION

NRSC SPECIALIST HAS PARTICIPATED IN THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE MANAGEMENT OF SPENT FUEL

NRSC Participated in Seventh RSRP Regional Meeting of FSU Countries 2018

Source: http://www.rsrp-online.org/news/seventh-rsrp-regional-meeting-fsu-countries-2018

Participation of the Armenian team in the LIONSHIELD-2018 exercise organized by CBRN in Tbilisi, Georgia, June 2018

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NRSC participation in the 3rd NEA/WGAMA CFD-VV-UQ & BM task group meeting

NRSC specialist participated in Regional Workshop on Communication for Safety by the Regulatory Body, May 2018, Ukraine

RSRP visits Armenia

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NRSC is recognized as a National Data Center by Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO)

NRSC Specialist Has Participated in the Workshop on modifications of the Nuclear Power Plants, Xiamen, PRC, 10-14 July

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TRACE FELLOWSHIP AT THE BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY

Information about fellowship is also presented at the ANL International programs site:

https://international.anl.gov/fellows/2017/Hovhannes%20Hovhannisyan%20-%20ARM-16004%20-%202017-02.pdf

NuScale makes history with SMR design application

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NRSC specialist participated in the Third On-Site Inspection Training Cycle Introductory Course (IC-3TC)

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Training course on ANSYS CFX

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Emergency response exercise at Bavra checkpoint of the Armenian-Georgian border

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NRSC participated in the Workshop on Computational Fluid Dynamics for Nuclear Reactor Safety 6 (CFD4NRS-6)

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THE SIXTH REGIONAL MEETING ON RADIATION SOURCES REGULATORY PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM, TBILISI, GEORGIA

All suggestions, comments and requests from participants were discussed and recorded to promote onwards software improvements and to make software more comfortable and useful for all users.

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IAEA regional workshop on “Radiation Monitoring During the Nuclear Emergencies”

Grid connection for first Korean APR – 1400

Shin Kori 3 – construction of which began in October 2008 – is the first Korean-designed Advanced Pressurised Reactor-1400 (APR-1400) to start up.

KHNP has since been conducting commissioning tests at the unit. These tests involve checking the unit’s performance as its output is gradually increased to full capacity.

Shin Kori 3 is expected to enter commercial operation in May following the completion of these tests, KHNP said. It becomes South Korea’s 25th operable power reactor.

Two further APR-1400 units are planned for both the Shin Kori and Shin Hanul sites.

Four more APR-1400s are under construction at Barakah in the United Arab Emirates. All four are scheduled to be in operation by 2020.

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The implementation of the TOSCA tool was discussed with IAEA experts

The experience of the Center for the application of the TOSCA tool will be presented at the IAEA during the international conference, which will take place on December 2-6, in Vienna/ Austria.

Armenian Nuclear Regulatory Authority (ANRA) hosted the Swedish Radiation Safety Authority representatives.

Leading specialist on radiation safety from NRSC Arpi Khachatryan participated in the Technical Meeting held in Vienna, from 21-23 October.

Representative of NRSC participated in the international workshop regarding the exchange of experiences on the topics of Radioactive Waste Management and the handling of orphan radioactive sources for the countries of Eastern Europe and Central Asia.

Armen Amirjanyan, director of the Center, spoke about the construction of the new nuclear power plant, and the proposed technologies.

The interview of Anahit Petoyan, a nuclear forensics and radiation safety specialist about the so-called «not so feminine and attractive» profession, its choice, and other interesting issues.

The representative of the NRSC radiation safety team participated in the prestigious 65th annual meeting of the «Institute of Nuclear Materials Management».

The meeting among the «Nuclear and Radiation Safety Center» and IAEA representatives was held from June 25-26, in Yerevan.

By the decision N 326 of March 7, 2024, the Government of the Republic of Armenia approved the document “Parameters that are subject for review during assessment and expertise of environmental impact of objects important for atomic energy purposes”.

Representative of NRSC participated in the «Second Regional Coordination Meeting» on the IAEA RER9157 regional project held in Viena, Austria, in the period of 15-18 January 2024.

On January 9-10, 2024, the representative of the NRSC participated in the international working meeting on «International CBRN Response and Assistance» organized in Dushanbe, Tajikistan.

NRSC staff member participated in the Sixth Meeting of Nuclear Harmonization and Standardization Initiatives Regulatory Track Working Group 2 on Multinational Pre-licensing Regulatory Design Review.

The representative of NRSC participated in the International Conference on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management, Decommissioning, Environmental Protection and Remediation.

NRSC Specialist Surik Bznuni Participated in Discussions on New Nuclear Power Plants in Armenia

Armenia-US Arrangement for the Exchange of Technical Information and Cooperation in Nuclear Safety Matters.

Armenia’s Premier Nikol Pashinyan stated that small modular nuclear reactors with a capacity of 70 MW enable the existing capacities to be gradually built up.

NRSC representatives took part in retraining and maintenance trainings organized and conducted by the NNSA.

SPARCS can be deployed for a wide range of radiological sources, conducting background surveys and portal monitoring at major public gatherings and providing border crossing surveillance.

NRSC representative participated in the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s 35th Annual Regulatory Information Conference held on 14-16 March 2023 in Washington DC, USA.

NRSC against illicit trafficking of nuclear and radioactive materials in the RA

The Nuclear and Radiation Safety Center plays a key role in the fight against illicit trafficking of nuclear and radioactive materials in the Republic of Armenia.

RE-CERTIFICATION AUDIT OF QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

On 30 November 2022 NRSC successfully passed re-certification audit of its Quality Management System that was conducted in accordance with the requirements of ISO 9001:2015 standard.

The audit was carried out by the TUV Rheinland representative office in Armenia.

NRSC representative participated in the Regional Workshop on Capacity Building and Competence Assessment for a Regulatory Body that took place on 5-9 September 2022 at the IAEA premises in Vienna, Austria

NRSC representative participated in the EU CBRN CoE P67 “Strengthening CBRN Waste Management Capabilities in South-East and Eastern European Countries” final project meeting.

NRSC specialist participated in the Regional workshop on radioanalytical analysis of norm samples and intercomparison exercise, held on 18-22 July 2022, Athens, Greece, jointly organized by IAEA and EEAE.

The representative of the radiation safety group took part in the “Study visit on the management of DSRS and orphan sources, remediation, waste retrieval, and specific waste streams management” held in Belgrade during 25 – 29 July 2022.

The main issues on licensing of construction and operation of RW treatment and storage facilities were discussed.

The drafts of «Management of disused sealed radioactive sources and other institutional radioactive waste» and «Monitoring of Radioactive Waste Management Facilities» documents were finalized.

NRSC participated in Nuclear Security Awareness Raising Workshop for Decision Makers in Armenia and Armenia’s Integrated Nuclear Security Support Plan Review Mission, 21-25 March, 2022

NRSC specialist participated in Technical Meeting on International Safeguards in the Design of Radioactive Waste Management Programmes

The event served as a forum to review the main text of the publication, to contribute to and review the technical examples related to Member States’ experience.

NRSC is Carrying Out Environmental Radiation Measurements of Mining Sites in Armenia

NRSC is actively carrying out environmental radiometric measurements of mining sites in Armenia. The purpose of the radiation monitoring is to find out the radiation situation in the mining site.

NRSC has Installed and Commissioned Environmental Radiation Monitoring stations in Armenia

NRSC has Identified and Recovered Disused and Orphan Radioactive Sources in Armenia, Phase 2

Institute of Physical Research of NAS RA,
Institute of Ecologonospheric Research of NAS RA,
Cardiology Research Institute,
National Polytechnic University of Armenia,
National Institute of Metrology

In total, more than 80 radioactive sources from the above-mentioned organizations were identified and recovered.

NRSC has Identified and Recovered Disused and Orphan Radioactive Sources in Armenia, Phase 1

During 2021, “Nuclear and Radiation Safety Center” CJSC has successfully carried out the identification of disused and orphan radioactive sources used in the following organizations:

Institute of Physical Research of NAS RA,
Institute of Ecologonospheric Research of NAS RA,
Cardiology Research Institute,
National Polytechnic University of Armenia,
National Institute of Metrology

Found radioactive sources of National Institute of Metrology were recovered and securely transported to “Rendering Harmless of Radioactive Waste” CJSC for safe storage.

In total, more than 80 radioactive sources from the above-mentioned organizations were identified and recovered.

NRSC Recovered Co60 Disused Radioactive Sources of Gyumri Oncology Dispenser

NRSC is Actively Participating in the Enhancement of the Radiation Safety in Armenia

“Nuclear and Radiation Safety Center” CJSC continues to actively participate in the process of raising the level of radiation safety in Armenia.

For this purpose, it is continuously implemented:

recovery of disused radioactive sources,
identification and recovery of radioactive sources that are exempted from regulatory control,
design of environmental radiation monitoring network in Armenia, installation and commissioning of monitoring stations.

NRSC Specialists Participated on Workshop on Development of the Safety Case and Safety Assessment of Geological Disposal Facilities and Activities for the Safe Management of Radioactive Waste

NRSC EXPERTS HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THE TRAINING COURSE ON APPROXIMATION OF RA NATIONAL LEGISLATION WITH THE EU LEGISLATION

NRSC SPECIALIST HAS PARTICIPATED IN THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE MANAGEMENT OF SPENT FUEL

NRSC Participated in Seventh RSRP Regional Meeting of FSU Countries 2018

Source: http://www.rsrp-online.org/news/seventh-rsrp-regional-meeting-fsu-countries-2018

Participation of the Armenian team in the LIONSHIELD-2018 exercise organized by CBRN in Tbilisi, Georgia, June 2018

Վարժանքի նախապատրաստական աշխատանքներ և սցենարների քննարկում

Վարժանքի մասնակիցները

Վարժանքի շրջանակներում կազմակերպված ռադիոակտիվ աղբյուրի որոնողական աշխատանքներ

NRSC participation in the 3rd NEA/WGAMA CFD-VV-UQ & BM task group meeting

NRSC specialist participated in Regional Workshop on Communication for Safety by the Regulatory Body, May 2018, Ukraine

RSRP visits Armenia

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NRSC is recognized as a National Data Center by Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO)

NRSC Specialist Has Participated in the Workshop on modifications of the Nuclear Power Plants, Xiamen, PRC, 10-14 July

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TRACE FELLOWSHIP AT THE BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY

Information about fellowship is also presented at the ANL International programs site:

https://international.anl.gov/fellows/2017/Hovhannes%20Hovhannisyan%20-%20ARM-16004%20-%202017-02.pdf

NuScale makes history with SMR design application

Demand

Historic moment

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NRSC specialist participated in the Third On-Site Inspection Training Cycle Introductory Course (IC-3TC)

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Training course on ANSYS CFX

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Emergency response exercise at Bavra checkpoint of the Armenian-Georgian border

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NRSC participated in the Workshop on Computational Fluid Dynamics for Nuclear Reactor Safety 6 (CFD4NRS-6)