The physical protection personnel of the Rooppur NPP (People’s Republic of Bangladesh) completed a three-week training on the special course “Organization of Automated Physical Protection System Personnel Training”. The training course was developed by the Global Nuclear Safety and Security Institute (GNSSI) of Rosatom Technical Academy.
The training took place in the Academy, in a specially equipped laboratory of the data collection and processing system. The classroom is equipped with 10 workplaces for trainees, training stands with the means of intrusion detection, CCTV and access control systems. Special software that is to be implemented at the Rooppur NPP is set up in the training classroom.
During the training, the trainees learnt the principles of the systematic approach to training. They discussed the instructor’s role, methods, specifics and stages of the training process, developed and conducted a lesson under the supervision of experts, and mastered the skills of preparing an effective presentation and practical exercises. The knowledge gained was consolidated by presenting the final thesis in the form of a training session on a topic related to physical protection assurance.
“Our country is just starting to develop nuclear energy, and this course lays a solid ground of competencies required for training physical protection personnel of the Rooppur NPP. First, we were trained in instructor skills and mastered the theoretical knowledge necessary for professional activities in the area of physical protection assurance. The key moment was learning about with the equipment to be operated at the plant in Bangladesh. It was important for us to understand how to operate, control and maintain it. We got a lot of important information about this here”, said Mahmud Arafat, Head of Physical Protection and Nuclear Security Department of the Rooppur NPP.
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Rosatom Technical Academy is a modern Centre of Excellence for nuclear industry professionals, built on the traditions of the Central Institute for Continuing Education and Training of the Ministry of Medium Machine Building. The Academy provides professional retraining of managers and specialists of nuclear power engineering and nuclear industry, certification of personnel, as well as scientific and methodological support to ROSATOM organisations in the field of ensuring safe use of atomic energy, supervision, state security, operational and support processes. It is also a training centre for foreign NPP personnel.
The Global Nuclear Safety and Security Institute of Rosatom Technical Academy is a leading educational institution for training specialists of state bodies, nuclear and radiation hazardous facilities in Russia and abroad. GNSSI’s instructors have extensive practical experience in training Russian and foreign specialists in the field of security. Practical training is conducted in modern testing areas and laboratories of the Institute.
ROSATOM offers foreign customers a comprehensive solution that provides access to the entire line of products and services throughout the life of NPPs. It includes not only the construction of NPPs using Russian technologies, but also the establishment and development of nuclear infrastructure in the country, assistance in the development of an appropriate legislative framework, training and retraining of national personnel, involvement of local industry in the project, fuel supply and maintenance of NPPs, assistance in the operation, spent nuclear fuel management, and ensuring public acceptance of nuclear energy.
The Rooppur NPP is being built 160 km from the capital of Bangladesh, Dhaka, under the General Contract dated December 25, 2015. The general contractor is ROSATOM’s Engineering Division (Atomstroyexport JSC). For the first nuclear power plant in Bangladesh, a Russian VVER-1200 design was chosen, which had been successfully implemented at two power units of the Novovoronezh NPP. It is a Generation III+ evolutionary design that fully meets international safety requirements. Currently, construction and installation works are in progress at the construction site of the NPP. Rosatom plans first criticality of the first power unit in December 2024.
Russia is actively developing cooperation with foreign countries. Major joint energy projects continue to be implemented. Rosatom and its divisions take an active part in this work.