Curriculum vitae

Proposed role in the project:

1. Family name: Kalchev
2. First names: Boris
3. Date of birth: October 31, 1949
4. Education:

1. Language skills: Indicate competence on a scale of 1 to 5 (1 - excellent; 5 - basic)

1. Membership of professional bodies: Bulgarian Nuclear Society
2. Other skills: (e.g. Computer literacy, etc.); WINDOWS, Microsoft Office, IRRAS 5.0 computer codes for PSA analyses
3. Present position: Senior Researcher, Head of Nuclear Energy Department
4. Years within the firm: 30 years
5. Key qualifications: (Relevant to the project)

I. Reliability analysis of safety systems and suggestion for modifications of units I÷IV NPP “Kozloduy”.

II. PSA for units I÷VI NPP “Kozloduy”

IІІ. Accident and incident analysis using computer code Information system “Reliability and Safety”.

IV. System analysis.

VI. Participate of PHARE Program. Six-months Program. Probabilistic Safety Assessment, as subcontractor of Westinghouse Energy Systems Europe-S.A, 1992.

VІI. Project manager of Maintenance and Qualification of I&C systems for units 5, 6 KNPP, Contract with EDF, 1994.

VІІІ. Project Manager of “Development of Safety Analysis Report for Kozloduy NPP units 3 and 4, 2001-2002.

ІX. Project leader of PHARE project PH4.11/95 “Study of pool type research reactors in countries assisted by PHARE program”, 1999-2000.

X. Project leader of PHARE Project BG 9608-01-01-L001 “Technical Design for Decommissioning NPP KOZLODUY Units 1&2”, PHARE/BG/TSO/VVER/04 “Assistance to BNSA in Development of Requirements and Procedures for Decommissioning Kozloduy NPP units 1&2”, 1998-2000.

RELEVANT WORK:

PSA Level-1 Unit 5 Kozloduy NPP

Reliability Analyses of the Safety Systems at NPP "Kozloduy"-units 1 to 4.

PSA Level-1 units 1 to 4 Kozloduy NPP

PSA for shutdown and low power condition units 3 and 4 Kozloduy NPP.

Development of NRA Regulation Safety during Decommissioning of Nuclear Facility, 2004.

Analysis of events for Kozloduy NPP using HPES method, 2004.

PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS:

• WANO special project - VVER-440/V230 reactors;
• IAEA Project for PSA RER/009/005;
• PHARE Projects PSA Level-1 units 3 and 4 Kozloduy NPP as a consortium with Risk engineering and Empresarios Agrupados S.A; 1997
• PHARE Project for Equipment qualification under accident conditions and seismic qualification, 1995.
• PHARE Project BG 9608-01-01-L001 “Technical Design for Decommissioning NPP KOZLODUY Units 1&2”, PHARE/BG/TSO/VVER/04 “Assistance to BNSA in Development of Requirements and Procedures for Decommissioning Kozloduy NPP units 1&2”,
• PHARE Project PH4.11/95 “Study on Pool Type Research Reactors in Countries assisted by the PHARE Program”, 2000.
• PHARE project /BG 01.10.02 “Enhancement of safety assessment capabilities available to Bulgarian Nuclear Safety Authority (BNSA)”, RISKAUDIT, 2003-2004.
• Assistance to the NRA in the Licensing of the IRT Research Reactor Reconstruction, UK Department of Trade and Industry. Project DTI NSP/03-B11, in collaboration with Serco Assurance UK, 2003-2004.
• PHARE/BG: 2003/005-867.02 “Assistance to Bulgarian Nuclear Regulatory Agency (NRA) in the development of requirements and procedures for decommissioning of Kozloduy Units 1 and 2 - follow-up”, RISKAUDIT, 2005-2007.
• PHARE project 2004/016-815.01.01 Severe Accident Management Guidelines (SAMGs) Review and Assessment in Compliance with International Practice”, RISKAUDIT, 2006.

1. Specific experience in the region:

1. Professional experience

1. Other relevant information (eg, Publications): 45

1. T. Apostolov, B.Kalchev, M. Vitkova, Kr. Ilieva Main Stages in the Planning and Management for Decommissioning of Research Reactor IRT in Sofia, International Seminar, Bulgaria, Varna, 2000.

2. B. Kalchev Development of SAR for units 3&4 Kozloduy NPP, IAEA Technical

meeting, Lublyana, Slovenia, August 2001.

3. B. Kalchev Initiating events analysis at Kozloduy NPP during low power and shudown conditions, IAEA workshop, Safety analysis of NPP during low power and shutdown conditions, Vienna, December, 1997.

4. B. Kalchev, S.Gerchev Some Aspects during Decommissioning of RAW Treatment Facility located at Kozloduy NPP site, International Conference “Radioactive waste and Spent fuel management”, 6-8 November 2003, Plovdiv, Bulgaria.

5. M. Marques, F. D’Auria, L. Burgazzi, C. Muller, R. Bolado Lavin, V. Kopustinkas, C. Kirchsteiger, V. La Lumia, I. Ivanov, B. Kalchev Reliability Methods for Passive Safety Functions (RMPS), FISA 2003 EU research in reactor safety, Proceedings, Luxenbourg, 10-13 November, 2003.