Status and prospects of scientific and technical support for operation of the Belarusian nuclear power plant
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.33408/2519-237X.2026.10-2.292Keywords:
nuclear energy, nuclear and radiation safety, scientific and technical support, operating organization, regulatory body, features of the activities, consulting services, expert supportAbstract
Purpose. An analysis of the state of the system of technical (scientific and technical) support for the operating organization, a comparison and evaluation of the compatibility of such systems of the regulatory body and the operating organization, and the development of proposals to improve approaches to organizing and coordinating activities aimed at providing technical and scientific support to the Belarusian NPP.
Methods. A group of theoretical research methods aimed at understanding the essence of processes and phenomena: analysis, synthesis, comparison, generalization, concretization, analogy.
Findings. Legal norms at the international and national levels were analyzed with regard to providing scientific and technical support to organizations operating nuclear facilities and to nuclear and radiation safety regulatory bodies. Terminological features in the field of organizing and implementing scientific and technical support were identified. Various aspects of the functioning of scientific and technical support systems were examined. Organizational proposals were developed, based on national experience, aimed at improving approaches to organizing and providing scientific and technical support to the operating organization of a nuclear facility.
Application field of research. Improvement of the legal framework in the field of ensuring nuclear and radiation safety, as well as the organization and functioning of the system of scientific and technical support for the operating organization; creation of a set of measures to reduce the prerequisites for conflicts of interest among scientific and technical support organizations providing consultation to both operating organizations and the regulatory body.
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