TOMSK, Jun 2 – RIA Tomsk. Tomsk Polytechnical University (TPU) and Rosatom Central Institute for Continuing Education and Training (Rosatom-CICE&T) signed on Thursday the cooperation agreement under which CICE&T will train polytechnics for working at nuclear power plants abroad, the correspondent of RIA Tomsk from the scene.
"This year (will come to training to CICE&T from TPU) at least 10-15 persons. Since next year, this figure can hypothetically grow. TPU cooperates both with Rosatom, and with Rosenergoatom, and we sign the agreement with the purpose to accelerate the training of the specialists for the foreign NPPs", – the rector of CICE&T Yury Seleznyov told before signing of the agreement.
He explained that when Rosatom builds nuclear power plants abroad, part of experts working at the new enterprises – are Russian. CICE&T plans to take graduates of TPU and to train them in several stages within seven-eight years to form a "frame" and the management of the foreign nuclear projects.According to Seleznyov, the high level of proficiency in English will become one of the main criteria for selection of experts for working abroad. At the first stage the institute will train graduates of TPU to work as operators at the NPP, and after several stages of professional development, engineers will be able to hold the leading posts at the enterprises of nuclear branch.
In turn the vice rector of TPU on educational work Yury Borovikov noted that, despite the high level of training of specialists, the Tomsk university seeks for further development.
"One of exclusive features of our graduates is orientation to applied things. And here we feel a support of one of our divisions – in structure of the university the nuclear reactor works, and our walls leave practice-oriented experts", – emphasized Borovikov.