ROSATOM will train 18 young specialists from the Plurinational State of Bolivia for the research reactor operation at the Center for Nuclear Technology Research and Development, which is under construction in El Alto. Their training will start in the very near future at Tomsk Polytechnic University (TPU). The grant-aided students will take a training course for the reactor operational personnel.
The training program consists of three stages. The theoretical and laboratory-based practical parts will take place in Russia on the basis of the TPU research reactor and will last eight months. The final third stage is planned to be held directly in Bolivia on the basis of the research reactor.
Bolivian specialists previously trained at TPU have already become the CNTRD employees and are working at the Multipurpose Irradiation Center (MIC) and the Cyclotron-Radiopharmacy-Preclinics Complex (CRPC). This functional and practice-oriented approach to the personnel training provides highly-qualified professionals for the Center for Nuclear Technology Research and Development.