Workforce Development Programmes
Environmental Impact of Nuclear Power Plants
Course Code : EM01 | Duration : 3 Days | Level : Introductory Environment Management
As a source of electrical energy, NPPs offer a special advantage in that they do not release any conventional pollutants into the environment. The main release of concern is radioactivity. This programme deals with the types of releases from an NPP and the steps taken to protect the environment. The activities in this regard start soon after site selection and continue through plant construction, operation and finally decommissioning and waste disposal. The environmental protection and surveillance activities are discussed in detail. the biological effects of radiation, dose assessment are explained. Various legislative and regulatory criteria related to environmental protection, environmental decision making processes and assessment of public perception are discussed at length
MODULES
- Introduction to environment
- Physical environment
- Biological environment
- Need for environmental protection
- Environmental releases from NPPs
- Dispersion through air
- General meteorology
- Site specific data
- Unusual site conditions
- Dispersion through surface water
- Hydrological features
- Site specific data
- Hydrological modelling
- Dispersion through sub-surface water
- Ground water characteristics
- Hydrological investigations
- Site specific studies
- Environmental surveillance
- Environmental monitoring programme
- Pre-operational phase
- Environmental monitoring for operational phase
- Biological effects of radiation
- Assessment of radiation dose
- Land and water use
- Process of environmental decision making
- Public perception and its impact on environmental decision making
- Legislative and regulatory criteria for environmental protection
ATTENDEES WILL LEARN ABOUT
- Why environmental protection is of great concern today
- Environmental releases from NPPs
- Dispersion through air, surface water and sub-surface water
- Hydrological modelling
- Generation of site specific data
- Environmental surveillance during various phases
- Biological effects of radiation and assessment of dose
- Public perception and environmental decision making
- Legislative and regulatory criteria
REQUISITE QUALIFICATION
This is an introductory programme for understanding the environmental impact of NPPs. To get optimum benefit from the programme, knowledge of radiation and its effects will be useful. The minimum qualification of the participants for attending the programme is a bachelor's degree in science/engineering.
Who Should Attend ?
- Agencies involved in environmental assessment
- Government bodies involved in environment protection activities
- Government bodies dealing with the energy sector
- Representatives of regulatory bodies
- Organizations engaged in the design and manufacture of environmental protection equipment
- Organizations engaged in the design and manufacture of radiation measuring instruments and radiation protection equipment
- Engineering design consultants and technical service providers associated with the nuclear sector
- Organizations ( EPC , utility companies) planning to enter the nuclear sector