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Csongrád County Defense Board visit to the Power Plant

Members on the Csongrád County Defense Board were on visit to the Nuclear Power Plant on 22 September. Besides the guests from Csongrád, mayors as well as members on the Tolna County Defense Board also took part in the program that consisted of a visit to the Power Plant, trade demonstration and lectures.

In the Nuclear Power Plant’s Information and Visitor Center, dr. Szilvia Kovács, Mrs. Frank, Chairwoman of Tolna County General Meeting and Defense Board, József Ott, Deputy Chairman of Csongrád County General Meeting, and István Hamvas, deputy CEO, Engineering, PA Rt. welcomed those present. As a solemn part of the program, Fire Colonel István Velencei was congratulated on the occasion of his retirement. Then István Hamvas and Gábor Volent, Head of Industrial Safety Division, gave information on PA Rt’s tasks and strategic plans set for 2005 and the Power Plant’s accident prevention capabilities. Dr. Szilvia Kovács, Mrs. Frank delivered a lecture under the title “Tolna County Defense Board’s Nuclear Accident Prevention Tasks, Responsibilities and Opportunities Within the Scheme of Defense Administration”.

While visiting the Power Plant, the guest could get an insight view of its operations through the visitor corridor in Block 4 and the turbine hall.
The program went on with a hazardous substance-caused loss prevention demonstration by the Fire Brigade of the Nuclear Power Plant. Firemen simulated an accident situation where a 1 m3 IBC container, containing ammonium hydroxide, was supposed to fall down while being hoisted and become damaged. The spills of hazardous substance were inhaled by the trolley operator, which made him faint and lose consciousness. In addition to neutralization and precipitation of the substance by water jet, the firemen set about to rescue the injured out of the contaminated plant area and put the area under blockade. Then applying a protective water curtain, they prevented the dangerous gas from spreading on, and using a Vetter pipe plug, impeded the gas from getting into the water piping system. An acid pump was used to pump out the little amount of dangerous liquid that could enter the sewerage.

When the exercise was over, guests could see local disinfection of the protective clothing, performed in the disinfection cabin of the Plant’s accident prevention section, and inspect the disinfection station, as well. Finally, chairpersons of the two counties’ General Meetings were elevated in a basket to take pleasure in the view.

WEEKLY NEWS BULLETIN,
39TH week of 2005 (30 September)