Training for Atomic Officials

A structured training programme for training the plant personnel on various plant procedures including Emergency Operating Procedures (EOP) for handling off-normal conditions is in place. The emergency procedures include contingencies arising out of floods, tsunamis, cyclonic storms, earthquakes and fire. Tsunamis and cyclonic storms are relevant to coastal sites and training covers these aspects for the personnel at coastal sites. The relevant training programmes on EOPs for off-normal conditions are being regularly conducted in batches for the plant personnel at all the nuclear power plants. Regular retraining on these topics is also imparted to the operations personnel, as a part of the licensing process. During the last three years and the current year so far, 692 training programmes have been conducted at nuclear power stations in the country.

This information was given by the Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Development of North-Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh in reply to unstarred question in Lok Sabha today.

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