Technical Workforce Education and Training Program at Abu Dhabi Polytechnic: Integration of Academia and Industry Requirements

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony Hechanova
Keyword(s):  
Power Plant ◽  
Nuclear Power Plant ◽  
Training Program ◽  
Nuclear Power ◽  
Nuclear Energy ◽  
Education And Training ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Abu Dhabi ◽  
Pressurized Water ◽  
And Training

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is a developing affluent nation. The leaders of the UAE announced the pursuit of peaceful nuclear power in 2008 and by the end of the following year established its Nuclear Energy Program Implementing Organization (the Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC)), Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation (FANR), and ordered four APR-1400 pressurized water reactors from the Korean Electric Power Company (KEPCO). Nuclear Engineering programs were initiated soon afterwards at Khalifa University for graduate students and the University of Sharjah for undergraduate students. The technical workforce including nuclear power plant local operators and chemistry and radiation protection personnel was established by ENEC and the Institute of Applied Technology as an inaugural program of Abu Dhabi Polytechnic (AD Poly) in 2011. This paper describes the development of the dual education and training program at AD Poly, the experience of the initial cohorts who conducted their training at the APR-1400 units at the Shin Kori Nuclear Power Plant in Korea, and the current program between the AD Poly Abu Dhabi campus and the new Barakah Nuclear Power Plant based on lessons learned from the earlier years.

14C Distribution in Atmospheric and Aquatic Environments Around Qinshan Nuclear Power Plant, China

Radiocarbon ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 56 (3) ◽  
pp. 1107-1114 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhongtang Wang ◽  
Dan Hu ◽  
Hong Xu ◽  
Qiuju Guo
Keyword(s):  
Power Plant ◽  
Nuclear Power Plant ◽  
Water Samples ◽  
Nuclear Power ◽  
Dissolved Inorganic Carbon ◽  
Tap Water ◽  
Surface Seawater ◽  
Pressurized Water ◽  
Specific Activities ◽  
Water Reactors

Atmospheric CO2 and aquatic water samples were analyzed to evaluate the environmental 14C enrichment due to operation of the Qinshan nuclear power plant (NPP), where two heavy-water reactors and five pressurized-water reactors are employed. Elevated 14C-specific activities (2–26.7 Bq/kg C) were observed in the short-term air samples collected within a 5-km radius, while samples over 5 km were close to background levels. The 14C-specific activities of dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) in the surface seawater samples ranged from 196.8 to 206.5 Bq/kg C (average 203.4 Bq/kg C), which are close to the background value. No elevated 14C level in surface seawater was found after 20 years of operation of Qinshan NPP, indicating that the 14C discharged was well diffused. The results of the freshwater samples show that excess 14C-specific activity (average 17.1 Bq/kg C) was found in surface water and well water samples, while no obvious 14C increase was found in drinking water (groundwater and tap water) compared to the background level.

scholarly journals 14C Release in Various Chemical Forms With Gaseous Effluents From the Paks Nuclear Power Plant

Radiocarbon ◽  
1989 ◽  
Vol 31 (03) ◽  
pp. 754-761 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ede Hertelendi ◽  
György Uchrin ◽  
Peter Ormai
Keyword(s):  
Power Plant ◽  
Nuclear Power Plant ◽  
Nuclear Power ◽  
Liquid Scintillation ◽  
Mean Value ◽  
Scintillation Counting ◽  
Pressurized Water ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Water Reactors

We present results of airborne 14C emission measurements from the Paks PWR nuclear power plant. Long-term release of 14C in the form of carbon dioxide or carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons were simultaneously measured. The results of internal gas-proportional and liquid scintillation counting agree well with theoretical assessments of 14C releases from pressurized water reactors. The mean value of the 14C concentration in discharged air is 130Bqm-3 and the normalized release is equal to 740GBq/GWe · yr. > 95% of 14C released is in the form of hydrocarbons, ca 4% is apportioned to CO2, and <1% to CO. Tree-ring measurements were also made and indicated a minute increase of 14C content in the vicinity of the nuclear power plant.

scholarly journals Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant: Current Status & Feasibility

2018 ◽  
Vol 68 (3) ◽  
pp. 167-182 ◽  
Author(s):  
Saha Sabhasachi ◽  
Roy Koushik ◽  
Roy Souvik ◽  
Rahman Md. Asfakur ◽  
Hasan Md. Zahid
Keyword(s):  
Power Plant ◽  
Nuclear Power Plant ◽  
Energy Demand ◽  
Nuclear Power ◽  
Nuclear Energy ◽  
Energy Generation ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Location Selection ◽  
Generation Plant ◽  
Short Time

AbstractIn the present world, nuclear energy is a must need for various purposes. The main cause of nuclear energy is because of the increasing energy demand, which is not possible to provide by using convenient energy generation. Bangladesh is a lower income country and the energy sector is not so developed here though there is a very high demand for energy. Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant is the only one nuclear generation plant which can provide this kind of huge energy within a very short time. This paper mainly depicts the ins and outs of this plant and discusses it’s feasibility in Bangladesh. It also focuses on the worlds various power generation methods and comprises it with nuclear energy generation. A detailed technical brief is presented in this paper along with advantages, location selection, financial and environmental impacts. This will help researchers to do further researches about nuclear energy in Bangladesh.

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