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international standards

Key operations staff of the power station will comprise 170 engineers who are involved in operations, maintenance,

fety and management.

In addition, there will be some 200 technicians and foremen as well as 320 workers and clerks.

All 690 personnel will have to undergo training to prescribed international standards in China or overseas, and pass exacting examinations, before the power station is commissioned.

Five phases over three years

Training for the core staff - 115 engineers who are directly involved in operations, maintenance and safety - lasts for over three years and is divided into five phases with examinations after each phase.

In Phase 1, recruits are taught the theory of nuclear and conventional power plants. They also receive English and French language training in the PRC. Phase 2 consists of French and English technical language instruction by French and American instructors. Trainees then move on to Phase 3 where they learn about the operation of Pressurized Water Reactors from French instructors. A Basic Principle Simulator of the control panels of a nuclear power station, supplied by the Nuclear Research Centre of Grenoble of the French Atomic Energy Commission (CEA-CENG), is used as a teaching aid.

The next step, Phase 4, takes place in France. There, recruits have further classroom and Full-Scope Simulator instruction before undertaking 'shadow training' in a French

power station and performing maintenance tasks under the supervision of their French counterparts.

At the end of Phase 4, EdF will issue to successful candidates a Qualification Certificate similar to the current one being issued to French operators.

The final Phase 5 takes place at the Daya Bay Training Centre where recruits receive specific training about the Daya Bay power plant.

This includes the use of a Full-Scope Simulator that is now being built by the French company, Thompson-CSF. This simulator precisely duplicates control of the Guangdong Nuclear Power Station. During the training exercises, the decisions and actions taken by operators on the simulator cause the same simulated effects and results as when carried out on the actual control panels of the power station under normal or emergency situations.

At the same time, recruits will participate in the start-up and commissioning of the plant together with specialist engineers from EdF, Framatome and GEC. This approach allows operators to familiarize themselves gradually and efficiently with the plant's systems and is the same approach used in other countries.

Finally, they must pass the examination administered by the NNSA to prove that they are fully qualified before being issued with their official operator's licence. Their NNSA licence is valid for only two years when, after a re-training course, they must re-qualify for another licence.

The first batch of 47 recruits has begun their Phase 4 training while other trainees have progressed through various courses in Europe including familiarisation with equipment at suppliers' factories.

Basic Principle Simulator used to instruct recruits.

Part of the reactor being subjected to ultra sonic testing at a factory in France. As part of their training, recruits will also visit manufacturers' premises to familiarize themselves with nuclear and conventional equipment.

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Recruits being instructed in the functions of the control panel at a French nuclear power station.

GNPJVC

GUANGDONG NUCLEAR POWER JOINT VENTURE CO., LTD. Nuclear Power Building, Central Shennan Road, Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China. Telephone: 366566 Telegram: 2702 Telex: 420230/420322 GNPJVC CN Facsimile: 366566 Ext. 33217 or 365709.

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