Summer Nuclear School 2023 starts at the SSTC NRS
Today, 24 July, the Summer Nuclear School 2023 starts at the State Scientific and Technical Center for Nuclear and Radiation Safety (SSTC NRS).
Within three weeks, the SSTC NRS leading experts will give lectures on the prospects for implementing the technology of small modular reactors (SMR) in the energy system of Ukraine for students of the Kyiv, Lviv and Odesa National Polytechnic Institutes.
The educational project initiated by the Argonne National Laboratory (ANL, USA) aims to popularize the SMR technology among future nuclear engineers. The US Department of State and the US Department of Energy (DOE) provide the organizational and financial support.
12 senior students from the Kyiv, Lviv and Odesa National Polytechnic Institutes participate in it this year. They were selected upon a competition held by ANL experts. One of the mandatory requirements is the knowledge of English, because the training under the project is in English.
The topic of the lectures is quite extensive this year: review of the Holtec SMR-160, NuScale VOYGR SMR Plant, GEH BWRX-300, Westinghouse SMR, eVinci Micro Reactor Projects, etc.; raising public awareness of SMR implementation; emergency response at SMRs; logistics in the design, construction and operation of SMRs, etc. Expert in nuclear and radiation safety, former chief engineer of Chornobyl NPP Mykola Shteinberg will give students a historical excursion into the frameworks of nuclear safety regulation.
At the end of the training program, each student will present a final thesis, on which students will work throughout their training and will have an opportunity to prepare their university diploma project at the SSTC NRS. The most successful students will be able to complete the internship at the SSTC NRS.
According to the SSTC NRS