Rosatom will conduct trainings for Hanhikivi-1 NPP personnel

St. Petersburg, July 17 – Neftegaz.RU. RAOS Project Oy, the general supplier of the Hanhikivi-1 NPP and Rusatom Service, the supplier of engineering and maintenance services at all stages of NPP lifetime, signed the contract for a basic training course on the VVER-1200 design for the staff of Fennovoima, the customer and future operator of the Hanhikivi-1 NPP.

Targeted at engineering and technical personnel, the training program will be delivered by Rosatom Technical Academy’s instructors and experts at Fennovoima’s office in Finland. Given the COVID-19 situation in the world, the training can also be held online.

Under the contract, the basic course will contain a description of the NPP, its major equipment, systems and processes. The training includes 6 sessions to be held over 3 years. Duration of one session is 80 training hours.

The total number of the personnel to undergo the basic course program is 300, i.e. 50 Fennovoima employees per session. The 1st training session is scheduled for December 2020.

Victoria Zhuravleva, Head of NPP personnel training division, RAOS Project Oy, said: “Over 5 years, we have built considerable experience working with our customer Fennovoima, and formulated the specifics of training Fennovoima’ specialists and the required systematic approach."

Kim Stålhandske, Operational Readiness Manager, Fennovoima Oy, said: “It is essential for us to achieve operational readiness in due time before the initial fuel loading. To reach it, we will develop our organizational competence with the technical training program realized by the plant supplier RAOS Project... The specific training will amount for the largest portion of NPP personnel training, and it will proceed at the early stages of the Hanhikivi 1 power plant’s commissioning.”

Preparations are underway to put together a contract for the main training program for the operating personnel of the Finland´s power plant. Fennovoima has already pre-approved Rusatom Service and Rosatom Technical Academy as safety class 2 (Grade B) training providers for the Hanhikivi-1 Project.