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INFLUENCE OF NDT ON REDUCTION OF LOSSES CAUSED BY EMERGENCIES IN RUSSIA.
F. R. Sosnin, and I. Yu. Pushkina
JSC MSIA “Spectrum”, Moscow, Russia
The relative hazard of various components of emergencies in Russia can be presented by the following
distribution: Technogenic catastrophes and accidents - 68.5%Natural disasters - 25.9%Biological-social
critical situations - 4.1%Terrorist attacks - 1.5%.It is necessary to underline that reliability of natural
disasters forecasting in Russia is 70-80%. It means that main hazard is caused by the technogenic
emergencies. This fact can be explained by two basic circumstances: 1) about 70% of Russian territory
situated in low temperature climatic area, like Siberia or North areas; 2) destruction of former USSR caused
dramatic economic consequences: - assets ageing that is not accompanied with modernization hence is the
critical source of hazard; reduction of investments on NDT and technical diagnostics (TD) in some industrial
branches. The practice shows that this critical situation can be significantly improved and the risks of objects
failures can be reduced on order if provided is the objective inspection with the help of NDT and TD.
Another very important point of improving the situation is qualification of specialists performing NDT.
Training and examination of NDT specialists are of special attention in Russia. In this area efforts are made
by several state institutions and Russian NDT Society (RSNTTD). In the paper the practical results of
changing in regulating documents and norms relevant to NDT personnel certification will be given.
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