Organisation Description
The laboratory is equipped with advanced computer simulators and audio-visual tools to support training and research in nuclear reactor operation, safety, and spent fuel management. Key facilities include:
1. Computer software for simulation of normal and accident operations:
1.1 UNIX-based simulators for VVER-1000/V-320 reactors, each workstation with dual displays, previously used for training operational staff at Kozloduy NPP.
1.2 Six IAEA-developed Windows-based simulators with ten individual workplaces, enabling independent work under different operating and emergency scenarios for VVER-1000/V-320 and advanced Gen. III reactors (AP-1000, ACR, ABWR, EPR).
1.3 Simulators for management of spent nuclear fuel storage pools on Windows workstations.
2. Audio-visual equipment for recording simulator sessions to study human factors in nuclear facility safety.
3. Human factor studies using audio-visual records and computer logs from simulators to assess impacts on nuclear safety.
Potential Type of Collaboration
Sharing of technical expertise; participation in working groups; access to data or facilities; joint research initiatives; training programmes or knowledge transfer activities.
Areas of Collaboration
Nuclear power plant process simulation and computer modelling; nuclear safety and environmental protection; management of radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel; radiation protection.
