Նորություններ 2023

Կենտրոնի մասնագետը մասնակցել է Փոքր մոդուլային ռեակտորների ստանդարտիզացման և հարմոնիզացման Կարգավորող Մարմինների բաժնի Նախագծի նախա-լիցենզավորման գնահատման խմբի աշխատանքային հանդիպմանը։ Խմբի կողմից քննարկումների արդյունքում մշակվել է նախա-լիցենզավորման փուլում ՓՄՌ ռեակտորների նախագծի միջազգային գնահատման մեթոդաբանության լրամշակված նախագիծը։

During its regular meeting on June 1, the Armenian Government approved a draft presidential decree approving the Armenia-US Arrangement for the Exchange of Technical Information and Cooperation in Nuclear Safety Matters. The Committee on Nuclear Safety Regulation of the Republic of Armenia  and the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission signed an  expanded Cooperative Arrangement in Washington,  USA, on March 14, 2023. The Nuclear Safety Regulatory Commission of Armenia has been  cooperating with the U.S. since 1995.  The Armenia-US Arrangement for  the Exchange of Technical Information and Cooperation in Nuclear  Safety Matters was signed on September 30, 1997, resumed in 2007 and  in 2017.  Under the arrangement, the USNRC performed or sponsored research in  such areas as: Digital Instrumentation and Control; Reactor and  Electrical Equipment Qualification; Environmental Transport;  Radionuclide Transport and Waste Management; Dry Cask Storage and  Transport; Fire Safety Research; Nuclear Fuel Analysis; Severe  Accident Analysis; Operating Experience and Generic Issues; Human  Factors Engineering; Organizational Factors/Safety Culture; Human  Reliability Analysis (HRA); Probabilistic Risk Assessments; Radiation  Protection and Health Effects; Seismic Safety; State of the Art Risk  Consequences; Reactor Containment Structural Safety; Reactor Vessel  and Piping Integrity; Regulatory Guide Update; New and Advanced  Reactor Designs; Decommissioning; Thermal Hydraulic Code Applications  and Maintenance; Uncertainty Analysis for Thermal Hydraulic Kinetics;  Coupled 3D Neutronic and Plant Thermal Hydraulics; Medical Isotope  Production; Long-term Operational Management; Plant and Systems  Operations.  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 Department for Combating Terrorism and Nonproliferation of the National Nuclear Safety Administration to keep Armenian emergency response personnel prepared and up to date should they need to respond to a radiological incident. The course centered on the Spectral Advanced Radiological Computer System (SPARCS), a versatile gamma radiation detection system used in cars, trucks, boats, and aircraft for emergency response operations. 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. https://www.energy.gov/nnsa/articles/nnsa-team-enhances-armenias-emergency-response-capabilities