Training in BROKK manipulators maintenance and repair was held at Chornobyl NPP in September.
Specialists of the Radioactive Waste Management shop (hereinafter: RWMS) were trained on the basis of the Industrial Complex for Solid Radioactive Waste Management (hereinafter: ICSRM).
Two experts from Belgian company TECNUBEL were instructors. The training was carried out under the full financing from the Belgian government fund.
Training started from the theoretical part. The experts told to RWMS representatives about the main units of BROKK-180 system and about the indicators of their failure.
The practical part of the training was started on the second training day. Based on BROKK-180, installed in ICSRM, the experts visually demonstrated the main elements of the manipulator and told about its "weaknesses".
During the last day practical training was continued. Within the framework of one of the tasks RWMS personnel had to identify and eliminate deliberately created by experts damages in BROKK-180 system.
Experts acknowledged the training as successful and noted that the level of personnel qualification, especially in safety and BROKK manipulator handling is high. Based on the training results it was decided to continue cooperation with TECNUBEL in this field. At the moment the possibility to perform a series of trainings in 2018 is under consideration.
