Organization of clearance for
unsupervised work of the
Customer's personnel
Siniakov Vadim Vladimirovich
Chief Engineer of Rosenergoatom
Branch Office in the People's Republic of
Bangladesh
Requirements of Russian standards for clearance for unsupervised
work
At NPPs in Russia, the procedure of training and clearance for work is defined in the document
“Organization of Work with Personnel at Nuclear Power Plants” (flow diagram – slide 3).
In compliance with the document, the operating personnel shall pass certain stages of training before
being cleared for unsupervised work:
-
theoretical training;
-
initial examinations on occupational safety and health, electrical safety, and radiation safety;
-
practical training (for MCR operators);
-
on-the-job training;
-
initial examinations on job descriptions, operating procedures, rules of NPP operation (JD and OP,
BROS NPP);
-
job shadowing;
-
clearance for unsupervised work.
Clearance for unsupervised work is formalized by an order.
Customer’s personnel training flow-diagram
Organizational and executive document on establishment of
knowledge assessment commissions on:
1. Occupational safety and health (OSH)
2. Electrical safety (ES)
3. Radiation safety (RS)
4. Codes and Regulations in Nuclear Power Industry (CRNPI)
5. Fire safety (FS)
6. Job descriptions, operating procedures, basic regulations for
operational support of NPP (JD and OP, BROS NPP)
Obtaining a
certificate of the
Rosatom
Technical
Academy upon
completion of the
training course in
the Russian
Federation/passed
theoretical training
at TC of Rooppur
NPP
On-the-job training (acquiring skills
by observing work of admitted
personnel when:
- maintaining documentation
- conducting walkdowns
- performing switches
Job shadowing – fortnight
(performing switches, maintaining
documentation personally under
the supervision of a person
responsible for job shadowing
30
14
Total:
78*
Initial
examination
on OSH
Appointing to a
position (cell in a
staffing table).
Possible before
starting training
in the Russian
Federation
Initial
examination
on RS (if
personnel
work in CAA)
Initial
examination
on ES
Initial
examination on
BROS NPP
(possible at any
point from
passing ES
examination to
passing JD and
OP examination,
BROS NPP)
Initial
examination
on JD and
OP, BROS
NPP
Order on
clearance for
unsupervised
work
Total:
64*
0
T*, days
14
14
14
14
Duration of a stage *maximum period:
- Examinations on OSH and ES are usually studied for not more than a fortnight and taken together on the same day.
- RS examination is necessary for personnel who perform works in CAA (controlled access area)
14
Unsupervised
work of
Customer’s
personnel under
the technical
supervision of
Rosenergoatom
personnel
(According to the
General Contract)
Primary objectives to ensure certification and clearance for
unsupervised work of the Customer's personnel
№
Objective
Term
1
By order, establish knowledge assessment
commissions on:
1. Occupational safety and health (OSH)
2. Electrical safety (ES)
3. Radiation safety (RS)
4. Codes and Regulations in Nuclear Power
Industry (CRNPI)
5. Fire safety (FS)
6. Job descriptions, operating procedures, basic
regulations for operational support of NPP (JD and
OP, BROS NPP)
11.12.2023
2
Certify and clear operating personnel of the
following subdivisions for unsupervised work:
2.1
Electrical Shop
Equipment that requires operating personnel
Electrical equipment of common-plant facilities and
Unit-1 under voltage:
– 12 sections 10kV
– 30 sections 0,4kV
– fire-fighting systems of electrical premises of
buildings 00UGD, 03UBG, 00UBG, 01UBG,
02UBG, 00UAC
Necessary personnel
-Shift Supervisor
- On-duty Engineer
-Electrical
Technician
Central control room:
- SAW and operation of electrical equipment of
-Shift Supervisor
power supply circuit
-On-duty Engineer
- fire-fighting systems of electrical premises of
-Electrical
buildings 00UAB,00UAD
Technician
2.2
2.3
I&C Shop
Ventilation and Air Conditioning Shop
Term
11.12.2023
January-February
2024
-Shift Supervisor
I&CS equipment: Reactor compartment, ESFAS,
-On-duty Engineer
ventilation, CWT, UULS
-Electrical Fitter
11.12.2023
SAW and operation of ventilation equipment of
buildings 00UFC, 00UGD
11.12.2023
-Shift Supervisor
SAW and operation of ventilation equipment of -Chiller operator
buildings 00, 01,02,03UBG, 00UAB, 00UAC,
00UAD, 10UJA, 10UKC, 10UMA, 11-13UBN
January – June 2024
Primary objectives to ensure certification and clearance for
unsupervised work of the Customer's personnel
2
2.4
Certify and clear operating personnel of the
following subdivisions for unsupervised work:
Support Systems Shop
Equipment that requires operating personnel
Necessary personnel
SAW and operation of pump equipment of buildings -Shift Supervisor
03UGF, 01-02UGA
-Pump Operator
11.12.2023
SAW and operation of 00UTH
-Boiler Operator
March 2024
SAW and operation of 00USF, 00UTF
-Compressor
Operator
March 2024
-Wastewater
Wastewater treatment facilities 00UGV, 00UGW,
Treatment Facilities
00UGM, 00UGH
Operator
2.5
2.6
Reactor Shop
Turbine Shop
Term
Start of reactor equipment activation, flushing safety -Shift Supervisor
systems to the open reactor
-Lead Engineer for
Reactor Control
-Senior Operator
Test of safety systems, SAW and operation of -Reactor
reactor compartment auxiliary systems
Compartment
Operator
Flushing of intermediate circuit systems (PGB), -Shift Supervisor
chemically demineralized water (LCP)
-Lead Engineer for
Turbine Control
Flushing of condensate-feedwater pipeline (LCA, -Senior Walk-down
Operator
LAA)
-Walk-down Operator
Activation of mechanisms in 10URS
-Unit Pump Station
Operator
August 2024
January 2024
April 2024
February 2024
April 2024
May 2024
Primary objectives to ensure certification and clearance for
unsupervised work of the Customer's personnel
2
2.7
2.8
2.9
2.10
Certify and clear operating personnel of the
following subdivisions for unsupervised work:
Equipment that requires operating personnel
Necessary personnel
Term
-Shift Supervisor
-Operator for
Chemical Water
SAW and operation of equipment of building
Treatment
00UGD (chemical water treatment)
-Chemical Water
Treatment Laboratory
Technician
11.12.2023
-Laboratory
Flushing of condensate-feedwater pipeline in
Technician
for
turbine building 10UMA
Secondary Circuit
April 2024
Process Management Department
Managing the work of all operating personnel in a -Unit
shift
Supervisor
11.12.2023
Centralized Repair Shop
-Handling and
Polar crane, refueling machine, handling and
Process Equipment
process equipment for fuel handling and dummy FA
Operator
20.01.2023
Decontamination Shop
- Foreman for
premises
decontamination
Premises of 00UFC with the temporary operation
- Decontamination
mode introduced
Technician for
Controlled Access
Area Shops
11.12.2023
Chemical Shop
- status of BAEC personnel in shifts at these workplaces is uncertain
Shift