OREANDA-NEWS. On July 20, 2007 accident prevention training was held at Chirkey HPS (subsidiary of JSC “Regional Power Generation Company of Dagestan” (JSC “DRGK“), reported the press-centre of  JSC “DRGK“.

The theme of this training was “Damage of the main transformer section 1ГТ, В-1ГТ switching-off failure”.
 
This training was aimed at practicing coordinated actions of the personnel in case the accident takes place, as well as at testing the system of informing management offices of JSC “HydroOGK” and JSC “DRGK” on the accident.
 
Station equipment was in the operating mode while the training was taking place.
 
Experts at the station accurately determined the problem and qualified the accident as a technical failure; the personal quickly liquidated the accident’s cause and effects; and in a short time the station was back to its former load. The personnel of the station also worked through the procedure of passing the emergency information to the managing offices of JSC “HydroOGK” and JDC “DRGK” according to the approved scheme.
 
At the end of the training all participants wrote accident reports and the experts analyzed them. Based on the results that analysis a list of measures was composed in order to improve operational reliability of Chirkey HPS.