D. I. Assessment using a basic principle simulator (United Kingdom)
D.6. Guidelines for NPP shift personnel training
VGB TECHNICAL UNION OF THE LARGE PLANT OPERATORS E.V.
VGB-Guideline
Training for the professional work in nuclear power plants
Exercise File KWM 5 MK
Responsible shift personnel
Module 1 : Basic nuclear knowledge for shift supervisors Subjects and training objectives
Elaborated within the VGB-Subgroup 'Nuclear training'
of the VGB-special group Training of plant personnel'
Second issue
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VGB-KRAFTWERKSTECHNIK GMBH Verlag technischwissenschaftliche Schriften
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Contents
Overview of the VGB training guidelines
for the operation personnel in thermal power plants Training scheme
Overview of the training lessons Subjects
1. Reporting
2. Professional drawing 3. Mathematics
4. Chemistry
5. Physics - mechanics 6. Physics - hydromechanics 7. Static
8. Materials
9. Physics - thermohyraulic 10. Machine elements
11. Electric basic knowledge 12. Basis of I&C
13. Configuration, operation and environment protection of nuclear power plants
14. Basic configuration of nuclear power plants (BWR/PWR)
Training objectives
1. Reporting
2. Professional drawing 3. Mathematics
4. Chemistry
5. Physics - mechanics 6. Physics - hydromechanics 7. Static
8. Materials
9. Physics - thermohyraulic 10. Machine elements 11. Electric basic knowledge 12. Basis of I&C
13. Configuration, operation and environment protection of nuclear power plants
14. Basic configuration of nuclear power plants (BWR/PWR)
Overview of the VGB-training-guidelines
for the operation personnel in thermal power plants
For plant craftsmen:
Machine technology M Electric / I&C EL Machine technology / Nuclear technology M/K
File KW 1 M General Prerequisites Content and scope of the training
Test rules FileKW2M Subjects and training objectives
Topics for the practical test
File KW 1 EL General Prerequisites
Content and scope of the training
Test rules File KW 2 EL Subjects and training objectives
Topics for the practical tests
File KW 1 MK General Prerequisites
Content and scope of the training
Test rules File KW 2 MK Subjects and training objectives
Areas of use
For plant masters:
Machine technology M Electric / I&C EL
M/K
Subjects and training objectives
File KWM 3 General part
Subjects and training objectives objectives
Subjects and training objectives
File KWM TEL in the nuclear power plant Modul 3
I&C and electric equipment in the nuclear power plant Subjects and training objectives
Training scheme
(IHK - chamber of industry and commerce)
IHK-plant-master-test machine technology / nuclear technology
Specific part
ModuM,Modul2, Modul 3
General part
Entrance examination
Basic knowledge of the subject area part
Training of the trainers (IHK)
(2)
1 year practical work for consideration of the theoretical knowledge
Plant craftsman test Field M/K
3 years steered practical and special theoretical training d)
5 years practical work
Without craftsman test metal- / electrotechnology
3 years practical work including 1 Vi years steered practical and subject area theoretical training (1)
Craftsman of the field metal- / electrotechnology
Knowledge level of a plant craftsman Field M/K
Vx years practical work 1 1/i years steered practical and subject area theoretical training (1)
Ship machinist of the training series M41 and M42
(1) According VGB-trammg guideline
(2) This lesson is homogeneous in Gemany and can be performed in the region of the students It is not offered by KWS
Overview of the lessons
Subject Abreviation Double hours
Reporting
Configuration, operation and environment protection of nuclear power plants
Basic configuration of nuclear power plants (BWR/PWR)
Overview of the lessons
Subject Abreviation Hours 1. Basic nuclear physics KPG 44 2. Reactor physics / heat generation RPE 46 3. Reactor safety RS 42 4. Radiation protection SS 50 5. Legislative basis GG 28 6. Worker and fire protection AS 12 7. Practical thermohydraulic ATM 40 8. Configuration of nuclear power plants (BWR) AK-S 24
9. Configuration of nuclear power plants (PWR) AK-D 24 10. Anticipated events (BWR) AE-S 24
11. Anticipated events (PWR) AE-D 24 12. Instrumentation IN 10
Total number of hours 368
Module 1 : Nuclear basic knowledge for shift supervisors
Subjects of Module 1
1
Fundamentals in nuclear physics Reactor physics/energy release Reactor safety
Radiation protection Basic law
Work place safety and fire protection Applied thermohydraulics
Design of nuclear power plant with BWR Design of nuclear power plant with BWR Possible expected course of events(BWR) Possible expected course of events(PWR) Test instrumentation
Subject:
Reactor Safety
21 lesson hoursContents
• Risk potential of nuclear power plant
• Objective of the reactor safety Radioactivity release chains Emmision, immision
Risk concept
Deterministic, probabilistic, PRA Beyond design accidents
Safety principles and safety levels Design basis accidents
Accident analysis / Safety studies Design principles
Barrier concept and desing data General accident groups
Active safety features Reactor protection actions Priority of the protection signals Protection aim concept
Core melt scenarios Hydrogen production
Measures for handling of hydrogen releases Regulations for design and operation
Training objectives
Afer the end of the course, each participant must be able,
to recall the risk potential of a nuclear power plant and the general objectives of the reactor safety,
to explain the radioactivity release chains (food chain, ground point for fallout, iodine accumulation, environmental charge),
to explain the expressions 'emission' and 'immision,
to descripe the principle of a risk concept and the sense and the purpose of a probabilistic safety analysis (PSA),
to explain the expressions deterministic and probabilistic,
to explain the expressions normal operation, incident, accident, severe accident, unforeseen and beyond design accidents,
to explain the safety levels (design, avoidance, handling of accidents, handling of unforeseen and beyond design accidents, limitation of event sequences),
to explain what are design basis accidents and what are the objectives for the accident analysis,
to explain the design features 'inherent safety, basis safety, redundancy, diversity, fail-safe-principle, spatial separation, civil protection, active and passive electrical actuation, separation, votings, single failure concept',
Learning objectives
After the end of the course, each participant must be able,
to explain priorities of protection actions (component protection, limitations, reactor protection) and the 30 minutes concept,
to explain the barrier concept (passive safety features) and reasons for fission product transfers,
to explain the configuration and the relevant design data of the different barriers, to explain the 2 general accident groups 'internal events' and 'external events', to recall the active safety systems of the PWR and BWR and to explain the principle functions and the main design data of these equipments,
to descripe the protection aim concept (state based accident handling),
to descripe the core melt scenarios 'high pressure path' and 'low pressure path', to explain the mechanisms of hydrogen production in normal operation and during accidents and to explain the equipment to control eventual hydrogen releases,
to explain the trigramme hydrogen-air-steam,
to recall regulations, on which the design and the operation of a nuclear power plant and its construction are based on.
KWS
Training of Nuclear Power Plant Personnel
Maintenance of Competence. Retraining
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Cjjgguty Shift Supervisor,.^ ift Supervisor
Reactor Operator Practice Reactor Operator
Preparation for Reactor Operator or Shift Supervisor Licence Examination
Simulator Training
Power Plant Practice
Module 3" Electrical Systejns, Process Control Systemsiterr
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Module 2: Nuclear Steam Generation, Turbine
Module 1: Juclear Basics
Economicg, Lav/, Human Relations
T echnical Basics
Professior
<^DTpiorn-lngenieur FH / TH
al Training
MK
Power Plant Practice
I Theoretical Training
Kraftwerksmeister = Plant master Kraftwerker = Plant craftsman
skilled Worker; technical profession
= acquired qualification
= KWS training course
= examination