A delegation of high officials of the government has recently visited Rosatom Technical Academy of the Russian Federation to discuss the training of specialists from the under construction Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant.
The training will be provided by Rosatom Technical Academy under a General Contract.
The construction of the country’s first 2400 megawatt-capacity Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant project is being implemented by a subsidiary of Russia’s State Atomic Energy Corporation, Rosatom.
The delegation including representatives of the Ministry of Science and Technology, members of the Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission (BAEC), managers of the Rooppur NPP and representatives of the Bangladesh Embassy was led by Minister of Science and Technology Yafesh Osman.
Yafesh Osman said, “Construction of a nuclear power plant in Bangladesh according to the Russian project is a special pride for us. It is important to transfer the nuclear knowledge to new generation. Many trainers of the Technical Academy started their career at nuclear power plants and are familiar with the technological processes. A combination of theoretical and practical knowledge and skills is helpful in successfully mastering the most complex technologies.”
Project officials said it was highlighted that the key challenge of the past year was the epidemiological situation in the world. Currently, the training process for Bangladeshi personnel is in line with the Rooppur NPP construction schedule, they said.
“To date, the process of sending trainees to Russia has been well-established. They are provided with visas for the entire period of their stay in Russia,” explained Aleksey Deriy, Vice President - Director of the Rooppur NPP Construction Project of ASE JSC.
In addition, the recruitment of groups for sending to training is carried out taking into account the NPP construction schedule, he said.
“We are now moving on to the adjustment works phase. At the moment, it is important to develop an advanced schedule for training of personnel in accordance with the concept laid down in the EPC contract. Our task is to train personnel as qualitatively and quickly as possible", he added.
“Exactly three years have passed since the first group from Bangladesh began training at the Rosatom Technical Academy. All this time, the management from Bangladeshi side has monitoring this process with great attention. This is very important for the correct and effective progress of the NPP personnel training project. For our part, we try to take into account all the comments and suggestions of the customers, and for the trainees the inspiration from their leaders are a special incentive to gain knowledge and diligence in their studies,” First Vice-Rector of the Technical Academy Vladimir Aspidov said at the end of the meeting.
