From 21 to 25 June training on radiation safety for specialists from the United States and Great Britain was held at Chornobyl NPP and in the Exclusion zone.
The training was attended by experts in nuclear, radiation, fire and hazardous materials management safety (USA), as well as the head of the emergency response service of nuclear and environmental regulators in UK. The event was organized by the Chernobyl NPP Radiation Safety Shop, Clean Futures Fund (USA) and Technical Resources Group (USA).
The programme included both theoretical and practical parts: lectures and exercises on measurements indoors and outdoors. In particular, the participants of the training got acquainted with the peculiarities of radioactive situation at Chornobyl NPP and performed environmental monitoring in Prypyat and Chornobyl, at the pumping station, near the Valeriy Khodemchuk memorial, in the space under NSC Arch and at other locations of the industrial site.
At the end of the training the participants received the appropriate certificates.
This is not the first time that such training in the field conditions and with involvement of radiation safety experts is held at Chornobyl NPP. In October last year, ten experts from United States took part in similar exercises.
Video: Radiation Safety Training for specialists from the USA
This year the representation has expanded numerically and geographically: the industrial site was visited by Representatives from Oak Ridge uranium enrichment plant (Tennessee), specialised facilities and companies from Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania), Indianapolis (Indiana), US Department of Energy and United Kingdom.
