Information recording and control system of radioactive substances and radioactive wastes (IS UiK RViRAO)

In 2005 "Energoatom" concern decided to create united industrial recording and control system of radioactive substances and radioactive waste. This system should collect and process information received from all Russian nuclear power plants.

Purpose:

  • Increase of RS and RAW recording and control efficiency:
    - by means of records and control information filing, organization of data collection, centralized storage,and computer processing
    - by means of considerable data processing time reduction due to data processing automation using modern computing facilities
  • Computer-aided preparation and transfer of radioactive substances and RAW data to the control bodies: Federal medical and biological agency, Departmental information and analysis center, Regional information analysis center, Rostechnadzor

The system is operated at two organization levels:

  • Concern level: "RS and RAW recording and control engineer" work stations were determined. Concern's users have access to routine and statistical RS and RAW reports received from NPPs via special communication channels 24 hours a day.
  • NPP level: the system includes the following modules: solid RAW, liquid RAW, solid RAW processing, closed radionuclide sources (open radionuclide sources), and module of external radiation monitoring data recording. Work stations are equipped with special software.

The system was put into pilot operation at Kola NPP in August 2009.

It is planned to put the system into pilot and commercial operation at Balakovo, Volgodonsk, Smolensk and Leningrad NPPs, and other NPPs of the Russian Federation until the end of 2010.