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Technical University of Sofia Safety and Environmental Engineering Laboratory (SEEL). November 2003. REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA. Population: 8,150,000 Inhabitants Territory: 111,000 sq. km GDP: 23,000,000,000 BGL (1 BGL= 0,5 EUR).
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Technical University of SofiaSafety and Environmental Engineering Laboratory (SEEL) November 2003
REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA Population: 8,150,000 Inhabitants Territory: 111,000 sq. km GDP: 23,000,000,000 BGL (1 BGL= 0,5 EUR)
Who are we ? • Technical University of Sofia is the biggest Bulgarian technical higher school with more than 12000 full-time, about 2500 part-time, and a lot of PhD and post-graduate students. • The lecturing staff of the TUS is more than 950 professors, assistant professors and researchers. • The Research and Development Sector (RDS) organizes, administrates and services of the research activities of TUS. • TUS has very important national role for the distribution of power engineering knowledge,and for development of the Nuclear Energy Research Area in Bulgaria.
The Technical University of Sofia • provides Bach, MS and PhD degrees in the fields of electrical power engineering, thermal- and nuclear power engineering, electronics, computer science and technologies, automation, communications, machine building and metalworking, transportation and management engineering.
Levels of Nuclear Education • Bachelor degree - 4 years ( 8 semesters) • Master degree - 1,5 years ( 3 semesters) • PhD - with individual curricula
Some partners of TUS • Kozloduy NPP plc with Training Center • BAS – Institute of Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy • Institute of Energy JSC, etc.
TheSafety and Environmental Engineering Laboratory (SEEL) is specialized in research- and educational surveys, investigation and consulting services in the field of: • Risk Analysis and Industrial and Nuclear Safety Studies • Environmental Impact Assessment of Power Plants, Industrial Enterprises. • Labour and Environmental Monitoring and Protection • Computer environmental and safety modelling, etc. The head of SEEL is registered in the PHARE and TACIS CCR of the European Commission (BUL -20771).
Some projects of S E E L • Bulgaria Joint Implementation Capacity Building Project UNDP Project No: GLO/98/G55 • Environmental Impact Assessment of more than of 20 plants as TPP “Republica”-1998, TPP “Rousse”-1996, TPP “Maritza 3”- 1996, Cement plant “Zlatna Panega” – 1995, Cement plant “Batanovtzi” – 1995, Machinery construction plants Drugba”, Chemical plant “Lakprom”, ZMK ‘Nikopol”, “Unipharm” – Sofia, etc. • 5th EURATOM FRAMEWORK PROGRAMME Project PHEBEN2 - Validating Severe Accident Codes against Phebus FP for Plant Applications, FIKS-CT1999-00009 • 5th EURATOM FRAMEWORK PROGRAMME Project RMPS – Reliability Methods for Passive Safety Function, FIKS-CT-2000-00073 • Environmental Impact Assessment Report of Kozloduy NPP – from the SEEL whit a team of researches and experts from TUS, Institutes by Bulgarian Academy of Science, National Center of Radiology and Radiation Protection, Sofia University, privates consulting companies, 1999-2000
Share of the aspects in the Programfor decrease of the impact of Kozloduy NPP (number of the planned measures)
Why we interesting in the field of cost effective modernisation • From one side: • with understanding that there is necessary to gain and transfer good new knowledge and advanced EU for practical uses; • From another side: • with our experience regarding VVER and wish to support the process of the: • sustainable and safety long time operation of the NPP; • prevention of the accidents and improvement of the mitigation concept and management of accident sequences, etc.
TU - Sofiawish you success Thank you for your time and cooperation Contact person: Prof. Ivan Ivanov, PhD Head of SEEL - Safety and Environmental Engineering Laboratory Technical University of Sofia 1797 Sofia, 8 “Kl. Ohridski” Blvd., Block 12, office 12440 Tel. (+359 2) 965-2043, 957-2952, Fax (+359 2) 686-719 Mobile: +359 (0)888-771076 E-mail: ivec@tu-sofia.bg