1. THAILAND Training and Tutoring Feedback
June 2016
Ms. Pantip AMPONRAT
Ms. Ampika APICHAIBUKOL
OFFICE OF ATOMS FOR PEACE

2. Information about Thailand (1)
Participated Institutes
1. Office of Atoms for Peace (Regulatory body)
2. Thailand Institute of Nuclear Technology
(Research reactor operator and potential TSO for NPP project)

3. Information about Thailand (2)
Near-term and Future Regulatory Activities
Aging management and decommissioning of current RR
New RR projects: 40 kW medical research, MW (TINT)
Radiation facilities: new technologies, i.e., accelerator, cyclotron, proton accelerator therapy, BNCT, etc.
Early stage of NPP: siting, design review and assessment, regulation development, TSO development
Waste management
Emergency preparedness and response

4. Information about Thailand (3)
Updated Plan and Preparation for NPP
New Nuclear Law (Nuclear Energy Act 2016) received an approval from the cabinet on May 19, Improvement on regulation of radiation facilities, nuclear installation and waste management, as well as be able to ratify important international conventions.
Thailand’s Power Development Plan 2015 consists of 2 units of 1,000 MW to be in operation in 2035 and 2036.
PDP
Number of units
Capacity (MWe)
Operation year
Note
PDP 2007 4
1,000 – 1,350
2020, 2021
PDP 2007 Rev. 2 2
1,000
2020
PDP 2010 5
2010, 2012, 2024, 2025, 2028
PDP 2010 Rev. 2
2023, 2024, 2027, 2028
Revised after the Fukushima accident in March, 2011
PDP 2010 Rev. 3
2026, 2027
PDP 2015
2035, 2036

5. Cooperation Projects in T&T 2014-2015
European Commission projects
Bilateral “Enhancing the capacity and effectiveness of the regulatory body and developing national waste management strategy”
Multilateral “Training and tutoring for experts of the NRAs and their TSOs for developing or strengthening their regulatory and technical capabilities” 2014 – present
Regional project “Feasibility study on regional cooperation on EP&R in South East Asia”, 2013 – 2014, continued phase is on-going
Multilateral projects under CBRN Center of Excellent Risk Mitigation Initiative

6. Cooperation Projects in T&T 2014-2015
IAEA projects
Regional TC project: “Regional cooperation project concept in South East Asia to Support Regional Environmental Radioactivity Database & Nuclear Emergency Preparedness and Response”, 2016 – 2020
ANSN (Asia Nuclear Safety Network): Asian Nuclear Training and Education Program (ANTEP)
FNCA (Forum for Nuclear Cooperation in Asia)
Others
Cooperation with US, Canada and Japan
MoU with US-NRC, US-DOE
MoU with ROK (NSSC-KINS)
APSN: Asia Pacific Safeguards Network

7. Future Needs in the present Training and Tutoring Catalogue (1)
Classified by topics
Topic
Training
Tutoring
Note
General Safety
20 staff (OAP)
10 staff (TINT)
1-2 (OAP)
-Regulation development
-Management system
-Licensing process
-Transportation
-New tech radiation facility
Reactor Safety
15 staff (OAP)
1 (TINT)
-Review and assessment
-Inspection
-Stress tests
Fuel Cycle Safety
4 staff (OAP)
4 staff (TINT)
1 (OAP)
-Review & assessment and inspection of waste management facilities
-Waste management
Crisis Management
5 staff (OAP) -
-EP&R
-Dose assessment in environment
Nuclear Security
1-2 (OAP/ TINT)
-Physical protection
-Contingency plan
INSC coordination meeting on T&T

8. Future Needs in the present Training and Tutoring Catalogue (2)
Courses offered by ITER
Course
Participant
Requirements and safety evaluation of NPP PSA 1
Regulatory inspections (oversight) during siting and construction phases 2
Requirements and safety evaluation of Research Reactors
Lessons learned from the Fukushima Dai-Ichi incident and EU stress tests
Public Information & communication
T/H analyses from regulatory perspective for NPP accident analysis
I&C systems, including digital systems, electrical and communication systems
Radiation source in medical, industrial and research related applications
Security, Nuclear materials Protection, Control and Accountability
INSC coordination meeting on T&T

9. Future Needs in the present Training and Tutoring Catalogue (3)
Courses offered by ENSTTI
Course
Participant
Radiation protection in medical applications 2
Nuclear security
Legal basis and regulatory processes for nuclear and radiation safety 3
Application of IAEA regulations in qualification and approval of packages for the transport of radioactive materials
Instrumentation and control and electrical systems
1-2
National system emergency preparedness and response
Management of spent fuel and radioactive waste
Lessons learned from the Fukushima-Dia-Ichi Incident and the EU stress tests 1
Inspection of environmental and operation radiation protection in nuclear installations
INSC coordination meeting on T&T

10. Future Needs NOT in the present Training and Tutoring Catalogue
Inspection of new radiation technologies for medical and industrial purposes, i.e., cyclotron, accelerator, etc.
Inspection and assessment of radioactive waste management facilities.
Regulation of naturally occurring radioactive materials (NORM)
Decision making for EPR
PSR and aging management
INSC coordination meeting on T&T

11. Lessons Learned: Good Practices.
Effectiveness of training: always evaluate the outcome from the training, i.e., reports from trainees, assign works related to the training, follow-up program, continuous improvement
Systematic training: apply IAEA methodologies, i.e., competence gap analysis, plan of training for staff, consider 4-Q Competence model.
Good collaboration with the training organizers and the European Commission.
Connections with other projects, i.e., bi-lateral project with INSC, HRD plan development, IAEA.
Regional training course: received good feedback from the regional participants. Improve nuclear safety of the region.

12. Lessons Learned: What could be improved?
Schedule: upload training schedule on website.
Tutoring: (internal issue) can be improved by a systematic plan.
Knowledge transfer to other staff.
VISA issues
Need to improve follow-up process, i.e., ability to apply knowledge to their works, weak point needed to be improved.

13. Final Remarks/ Conclusion
From 2014 – present: 34 trainees, 2 tutees
2 Institutions, OAP and TINT, participate in the T&T program
Attendants gained knowledge and skill from the training courses as planned. The OAP requested all trainees to provide comprehensive reports from the training.
Most of the trainees successfully applied the knowledge in their works.
T&T program fulfils the competence needs for present and near-term responsibilities of the regulatory body (OAP).
T&T program helps to provide competence of TINT as a potential TSO of Thailand NPP project in future.