TOMSK, Jun 11 –
RIA Tomsk. Tomsk Polytechnic University
(TPU) is ready to upgrade its educational programs in nuclear physics to train
specialists for Rosatom's Proryv ("Breakthrough") project; the state
corporation does not rule out the creation of a university alliance to train
specialists to work on fast-neutron reactors, the TPU press service reported on
Friday.
Earlier it was
reported that Rosatom has been implementing a Proryv ("Breakthrough")
project to create a closed fuel cycle technology at the Siberian Chemical Plant
(SCP) in Seversk since 2011. The pilot demonstration complex will appear there
which will include three industrial facilities having no analogues in the
world: the module for fabrication/re-fabrication of uranium-plutonium nuclear fuel,
the BREST-300 power unit and the module for reprocessing of irradiated fuel.
"Tomsk
Polytechnic University is a flagship university of Rosatom State Atomic Energy
Corporation. Moreover, our graduates are already working on the Proryv
("Breakthrough") project. TPU together with MEPhI and NSTU,
responding to Rosatom's challenge, are ready to start working on developing an
educational program to train specialists for Proryv," the press service
quotes the Director of the TPU School of Nuclear Science & Engineering Oleg
Dolmatov.
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During the
official launch of construction work on the BREST-300 reactor unit, Vyacheslav
Pershukov, Rosatom's special representative for international and scientific
and technical projects, did not rule out the possibility of forming a
university alliance aimed at training specialists for the Proryv project. The
focus will be on interaction with foreign partners and development of
English-language educational programs, the report said.
"We
successfully train personnel for Rosatom's projects in a number of foreign
countries, for example, Egypt, Ghana, Bolivia, and Tanzania. Moreover, it is
only at TPU that foreign students can be trained at an operating nuclear
research reactor. If necessary, we are ready to make additions or develop a
specialized module in the educational programs for the Proryv project,"
Dolmatov said.
Earlier it was
also reported that on June 8, 2021, a ceremony of pouring the first concrete
into the foundation of a unique power unit with a lead-cooled reactor
BREST-OD-300 was held at the Siberian Chemical Plant (SCP). According to the
IAEA classification, "first concrete" is the official start of the
construction, earlier there was only preparation.