Nuclear Education for International Students and Professionals in Russia
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Nuclear Education for International Students and Professionals in Russia Dear friends! Nuclear power today is one of the most important development vectors of the world energy system. It allows not only solving the problem of access to sustainable and highly potent energy source but also serves as a locomotive of the sustainable development, because the use of nuclear technologies inevitably entails the development of the national scientifi c infrastructure, training of high skilled specialists, and development of modern branches of science and applied knowledge. ROSATOM offers its international partners a comprehensive set of services in nuclear, which includes not only construction of a nuclear power plant, its fuel supply throughout Sergey Kirienko, the entire fuel cycle but also the assistance in training of specialists. Director General, The Russian Federation has a vast experience in the export of education, which State Atomic originates from the time of the USSR when thousands of foreign students did their training Energy Corporation in the Soviet higher education establishments. The level and quality of the education we ROSATOM provide are evidenced by the fact that many of graduates of our universities have been able to successfully promote in their countries and now represent national political and intellectual elites. Today in the Russian Federation every opportunity has been created to get educated in nuclear physics at a high quality level. Students from Turkey, Vietnam, Bangladesh, Jordan and other countries where nuclear power plants of Russian design will be built in coming years, are doing their education courses in Russia. The nuclear education system for international students in Russia has been developed with the IAEA’s methodological support. Under the aegis of this respectful organization the International Center for training of national nuclear infrastructure specialists, including nuclear power plant operators, has been established in Obninsk, Kaluga Region. The leading nuclear university of Russia – NRNU MEPHI – cooperates with the IAEA in compiling training courses for master’s programs. Shortly, the NRNU MEPHI students will be able to use the IAEA’s virtual education platform that includes virtual training courses and a possibility to do laboratory operations via the Internet. We have all the conditions for adaptation of international students, including the Russian language training. The professional training includes lecture courses and seminars given by not only the best teachers of nuclear universities but also leading specialists of largest nuclear enterprises of Russia. The students are benefi ting from internship at Russia’s nuclear power plants. We will be happy to see you students of our universities! | CONTENT |2 History of nuclear industry in Russia . 5 Russian nuclear industry today . 11 Nuclear Renaissance . 19 Together to innovation . 26 Specialties, professions and jobs at NPP . 29 Education for Foreigners in Russia . 35 Levels of Russian educational system . 38 UNIVERSITIES OF RUSSIA National Research Nuclear University MEPHI . 42 Central Institute for Continuing Education & Training (CICE&T) . 47 Rosatom Corporate Academy . 49 D. Mendeleyev University of Chemical Technology of Russia (MUCTR) . 50 Far Eastern Federal University . 52 Ivanovo State Power Engineering University named after V.I. Lenin. 55 National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University (TPU) . 57 | CONTENT |3 National Research University «Moscow Power Engineering Institute» . 60 National Research University Moscow State University of Civil Engineering. 63 National University of Science and Technology «MISIS» . 65 Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University n. a. R.E. Alekseev. 68 Nizhny Novgorod State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering (NNGASU) . .70 Penza State University . 72 Petrozavodsk State University (PetrSU) . 74 Russian State Geological Prospecting University N. A. Sergo Ordzhonikidze (MGRI-RGGRU) . 76 Saint-Petersburg State Polytechnical University – National Research University. 78 Saint-Petersburg State University. 81 Saratov State Technical University named after Y.A. Gagarin . 83 South Ural State University - National Research University . 86 State Institute of Technology Saint-Petersburg Russia . 88 Transbaikal State University . 90 Ural Federal University named after the fi rst President of Russia Boris Yeltsin. 92 | HISTORY OF NUCLEAR INDUSTRY IN RUSSIA |4 In September 1942, the resolution entitled «On the Organiza- tion of Uranium Activities» was signed. It was the starting point in the creation of Russian nuclear industry. | HISTORY OF NUCLEAR INDUSTRY IN RUSSIA |5 History of nuclear industry in Russia The research of uranium creation of Russian nucle- the First Central Directo- properties and nuclear ar industry. In April 1943, rate (FCD) headed by B.L. spallation reactions had Instrumentation Laborato- Vannikov, who became in begun in Russia (Soviet ry No. 2 of the USSR Acad- fact the fi rst to lead Rus- Union) before World War emy of Sciences (currently sian nuclear industry, was II. When intelligence the famous Russian Re- established under the started to arrive on the search Center “Kurchatov USSR Council of People’s A-bomb creation projects Institute”, Russian leader Commissars. implemented fi rst in Ger- in nuclear research) was many and later in the USA, formed. The work went into full scientists had to switch swing. Vast material and to the research of military The end of the war and the human resources were applications of atomic successful A-bomb test in brought to achieve the energy. the USA in July 1945 gave goal. Integrated mills the uranium effort a new were built from the very In September 1942, a State impetus. In August later begining with many of the Defense Committee (SDC) that year, a Special Com- existing facilities adapted resolution entitled “On the mittee formed of top state to the “uranium project” Organization of Uranium offi cials and physicists needs (an example is a Activities” was signed to including legendary Igor weapons plant in Elek- become what is believed to Kurchatov, was set up by trostal, currently OJSC be the starting point in the an SDC resolution. Also, “Machine-Building Plant”, | KEY PEOPLE OF RUSSIAN NUCLEAR INDUSTRY |6 Kurchatov, Igor Vasilyevich (1903 – 1960) – the founder of Soviet nuclear industry. Born in the family of a land sur- veyor in the town of Sim in Ural (now Chelyabinsk Region). He spent his early years in Simferopol where his family moved to. In 1920 Kurchatov fi nished a grammar school in Simferopol with a gold medal and entered straight away the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics at the Crimea Uni- versity. Instead of four years, it took him three years to complete the university course. In 1923 Kurchatov joined the Faculty of Shipbuilding at the St. Petersburg Polytechnical Institute directly at third year. In 1925 he started working as a re- searcher at the Leningrad Physico-Technical Institute. Ferroelectricity was the subject-matter of his fi rst scientifi c publications. In 1932 Kurchatov the fi rst in the country started the research in the physics of nucleus. In 1934 he observed the branching of nuclear reactions resulting from the neutron irradiation of materials and subsequently carried out research on ar- tifi cial radioactivity and discovered nuclear isomerism, that is the decay of iden- tical atoms at differentrates. In 1940 Kurchatov, together with G.N. Flyorov and K.A. Petrzhak, discovered spontaneous uranium fi ssion. During the Great Patriotic War, Kurchatov led the effort on the Black Sea Fleet ship protection against enemy magnetic mines and in 1943 began working on a nuclear weapon project at Laboratory No.2 of the USSR Academy of Sciences (currently Russian Research Center “Kurchatov Institute”. By a decision of the USSR State Defense Committee dated 20 August 1945, Kurchatov was enrolled on the Special Committee and its Technical Council and was actually the nuclear project leader. Under his direction the USSR’s fi rst A-bomb and later the fi rst H- bomb were created. Kurchatov was also one of those behind the construction of the world’s fi rst nuclear power plant in Obninsk that began electricity production in 1954. For his last years, Kurchatov worked on problems of controlled fusion reaction. I.V. Kurchatov was Thrice Hero of Socialist Labor and awarded fi ve Orders of Lenin. Kurchatov gives his name to the Beloyarskaya NPP and two cities (one in Kursk Region and the other in Kazakhstan). In 1964, his name was also given to the 104th element of the periodic table, Kurchatovium. | HISTORY OF NUCLEAR INDUSTRY IN RUSSIA |7 a world’s leading producer sible to go back to the topic of nuclear fuel for nuclear of peaceful uses of atomic power plants (NPP). This energy. In 1954, under the was one of the most ambi- direction of Kurchatov, the tious efforts in history, of a world’s fi rst NPP of 5 MW scale comparable to that was put into operation in of space exploration pro- Obninsk, Kaluga Region. grams. This was followed by BR- 1, the world’s fi rst fast- Thanks to the tremendous neutron reactor and the efforts of scientists and world’s fi rst nuclear-pro- workers, the project moved pelled icebreaker (named on rapidly. In 1946 in Eura- after Lenin). The fi rst nuclear station in the world. sia a uranium fi ssion chain reaction was for the fi rst The reconversion of nucle- time accomplished at the ar industry was gradually F-1 reactor under the lead- getting an increasingly fi rm ership of Kurchatov. Two basis. Large-scale con- years later, this led to the struction of nuclear power fi rst commercial plutonium plants had begun. Thus, production reactor, indexed the fi rst WWER-1 reactor A, started up at integrated of 210 MW (Novovoron- mill No. 817 (now Produc- ezhsky NPP) was started tion Association “Mayak” in in 1964. In 1973, BN-350, Ozersk, Chelyabinsk Re- the world’s fi rst fast re- gion). And it was in August actor began operations 1949 when the fi rst Soviet in Shevchenko, currently nuclear device was tested Aktau, in Kazakhstan, and successfully.