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Polish experts and American nuclear technology

21.04.2022

The representatives of the National Atomic Energy Agency (PAA) and the Office of Technical Inspection (UDT) are now participating in a 3-month on-the-job training (OJT) in the US. The purpose is to strengthen the Agency’s human resources of experts and inspectors, who will be participating in the supervision and operation of the first nuclear power plant in Poland.

Graphics of a nuclear power plant - two reactor buildings, two cooling stacks. Next to the logos of the National Atomic Energy Agency and the Office of Technical Inspection

A team of 6 Polish experts are learning the American nuclear technology. During the training,  they will be watching the progress of construction and pre-commissioning tests at Plant Vogtle 3 and 4 Units near Waynesborgo, Georgia.

During the OJT, the participants will be working under the direct supervision of the industry expert of the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The team will also undergo specialist training at the Technical Training Centre (TTC) in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The participants will have the opportunity to learn about the licencing process and supervision of a nuclear reactor construction, and to draw on the NRC expertise in the construction of other nuclear facilities.

– as the National Atomic Energy Agency, for over 40 years, we have been caring for nuclear safety and radiation protection in Poland. We are inspecting nuclear facilities and installations and almost 7,500 activities involving the use of ionizing radiation in medicine, science or research – said Dr Łukasz Młynarkiewicz, PAA President. – we have been co-operating with the US NRC for more than 12 years. Now, as we are preparing for the implementation of the Nuclear Power Programme for Poland, and we play a responsible role in this process, we continue to enhance our competences – the PAA President added.

– the Office of Technical Inspection (UDT) is in charge of technological safety of the largest Polish power plants and CHP plants, thus supporting the national energy policy. The nuclear power plant (NPP) project requires continuous learning from our human resources, who in the future will guarantee full safety of such facilities – said Andrzej Ziółkowski, the UDT President, and added: – the UDT people have unique competences in technological safety in Poland. We supervise more than 1.5 million installations and equipment.

The visit to the US is one of the components of broad co-operation between PAA and UDT, which involves the preparation of competences so as to ensure proper nuclear and technical regulatory service for the construction of the first Polish NPP, irrespective of the type of the technology. The OJT programme in the US is implemented in co-operation with US NRC with the support of IAEA.

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