Summary: 1) Claudio Almeida reflects on his international nuclear education and how it prepared him for a design review of Brazil’s first nuclear plant, Angra 1 2) How technical issues in Soviet-designed nuclear power plants were identified, analyzed, and corrected to improve plant performance 3) Claudio explains how Chernobyl changed the international nuclear industry and how safety missions were conducted at VVER and RBMK sites
