Youth Nuclear Forum Held in Varash
From 28 to 30 June, the Youth Nuclear Forum was held at Rivne NPP. The event hosted almost thirty young experts, who represent Ukrainian NPPs, the Institute for Safety Problems of Nuclear Power Plants, the State Scientific and Technical Center for Nuclear and Radiation Safety and the Institute for Nuclear Research.
The purpose of the Youth Nuclear Forum is to exchange experience between the youth, master conceptual approaches to solving relevant nuclear issues in Ukraine and improve interest of the youth in the nuclear industry for a successful career.
During the forum, the participants visited water purification facility at Rivne NPP and familiarized with water mixing vessels, whose height reaches several tens of meters, workshop for storing lime and new equipment for lime sludge pressing.
The event agenda included the visit to the Educational and Training Center (ETC). Young experts learned about the peculiarities of work of main control room operator, ETC instructors demonstrated unit transfer into hot shutdown. In addition, the participants visited the Polissia information center and the remediation center in ETC.
The main event agenda was extended with trainings on effective interaction as a team and development of successful presentations. Nataliia Tyshchenko, Phycologist of RNPP Personnel Development Department, spoke about the role of leadership and teamwork, about generational conflict and adaptation to current conditions.
Danylo Lavrenov, Director of Energoatom Directorate and Acting Secretary of Ukrainian Nuclear Society, spoke about principles of successful presentations: “If you want your research to be successful, it shall not only be completed, but also successfully presented: relevant visual representation and content of the text are main features to reach successful interaction with the public”.
During the forum, four teams of participants worked with the projects where they considered de-occupation of Zaporizhzhya NPP and its water supply, returning of people from abroad that will cause increase in power consumption, technical peculiarities in case of repurposing of thermal power plant sites to construct small modular reactors. The projects consisted of economical, technical and social components, each of which needed the solution of urgent issues for Ukrainian nuclear industry.
Upon completion of the Youth Nuclear Forum, the participants expanded and deepened knowledge of issues relevant to nuclear industry, which contributed to the appearance of new ideas and ways to solve problems and tasks for further development of Ukrainian energy sector.
Uatom.org editorial board