A delegation of Bangladesh visits Rosatom Technical Academy

Bangladesh delegation to the Rosatom Technical Academy

Moscow, 07th June 2021– Within the framework of the visit to the Russian Federation, a delegation from the People's Republic of Bangladesh headed by Brigadier General of the NRB Army Abu Noman Md Shibbir Ahmed, who is responsible for the creation of the physical protection system of the first nuclear power plant in Bangladesh, visited the Rosatom Technical Academy. The main goal of the visit was to get acquainted with the activities of the Technical Academy in the field of training personnel for nuclear power facilities.
Opening the meeting, the First Vice-Rector of the Technical Academy, Vladimir Aspidov, told about the Academy's experience in the field of personnel training. "Within the framework of the Rooppur NPP construction project alone, until 2023, the Technical Academy will train about 1,400 Bengali nuclear specialists to work at the nuclear power plant. In addition, the Global Nuclear Safety and Security  Institute (GNSSI), which is part of the Technical Academy, has developed new training courses for physical protection foreign personnel of foreign nuclear facilities," Vladimir Aspidov said.
According to Egor Bologov, director of the GNSSI, most of these training courses provide for practical work with various means and devices of physical protection at special training outdoor areas and laboratories of the complex technical facilities of physical protection.
During the technical tour, the foreign guests visited specialized training classrooms, training outdoor areas and laboratories of technical means of physical protection. Attention was drawn to a testing laboratory equipped with modern equipment and measuring instruments that allow testing special products with the required accuracy, including in climatic conditions similar to the climate of Bangladesh.
Representatives of the Bangladeshi side expressed interest in the activities of the GNSSI. The parties agreed to cooperate in the training of personnel for the physical protection of the Ruppur NPP.