© РИА Томск. Павел Стефанский TOMSK, Nov 1 – RIA Tomsk. Scientists of Tomsk Polytechnic University (TPU) developed and conducted a training course on
safety ensuring in the operation of facilities of the Center for Nuclear
Research and Technology being built in Bolivia; university also took part in
the pre-qualification selection of personnel, the press service of the university
reports on Thursday.
It is noted that TPU – is the only higher education
institution in Russia, whose foreign students can perform laboratory work at
the operating research nuclear reactor. In addition, the university provides
its foreign students with the opportunity to practice at existing nuclear
facilities of Rosatom.
"For the first time in the history of nuclear
education, TPU developed and conducted a training course on safety precautions
at operation of facilities at the Center for Nuclear Research and Technology,
being built in Bolivia ... (The classes were held) by the Head of the TPU
Training and Methodological Center "Research Nuclear Reactor" Artem
Naymushin and the Assistant of the office of a nuclear and fuel cycle Roman
Laas", – is said in the statement.
It is specified that the course on nuclear safety for
Bolivian nuclear scientists was developed within the framework of the TPU
project on the development of English-language nuclear educational programs,
which is included in the pool of the educational initiatives which received
long-term support of Rosatom.
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"Rosatom started work on the establishment of the
Center for Nuclear Research and Technology in Bolivia. But ... currently there
are no specialists in this country who can work in it ... "Rusatom Service
JSC", one of the Rosatom enterprises, has addressed us request to prepare
advanced training course and to read it in Bolivia", – the press service
quotes the director of the School of Nuclear Science & Engineering Oleg
Dolmatov.
Also, TPU employees conducted a unique event for the
Russian universities – the pre-qualification selection of future personnel of
the Center for Nuclear Research and Technology of Bolivia on tests specifically
designed for this by scientists, is emphasized in the report.