In 2010 practically the entire Geutebruck video security product range was awarded official Russian ‘OIT’ certification confirming its suitability for use in nuclear power stations and other nuclear facilities. This testing and certification of physical security and safety products for use in the Russian nuclear industry is carried out by the Interdisciplinary Special Training Centre (ISTC) in Obninsk. Part of Rosatom, the national atomic energy corporation, this institution provides advanced security training for managers and specialist staff working in the atomic field, and acts as the standards and certification authority for physical safety and security equipment used there.
In 2010 practically the entire Geutebruck video security product range was awarded official Russian ‘OIT' certification confirming its suitability for use in nuclear power stations and other nuclear facilities. This testing and certification of physical security and safety products for use in the Russian nuclear industry is carried out by the Interdisciplinary Special Training Centre (ISTC) in Obninsk. Part of Rosatom, the national atomic energy corporation, this institution provides advanced security training for managers and specialist staff working in the atomic field, and acts as the standards and certification authority for physical safety and security equipment used there.
Set up in 1993 with international assistance, the ISTC is a world leader in the training and continuing education of specialists in the field of physical security for atomic sites. Its principal Yury Barabanov, reports, “Co-operation with American partners is very constructive. With their aid we have been able to build up a modern training centre with excellent teaching and physical resources, all necessary teaching and materials as well as an up-to-date set of standards documentation. We have a large range of technical teaching materials and our own training sites where dozens of the latest monitoring systems operate under realistic conditions.”
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Assessment and testing
Recent upgrades have seen the laboratories and proving grounds expanded and equipped with the latest equipment for electromagnetic, functional, climatic and mechanical testing. Here new products and systems are checked under conditions which are as close as possible to those found on nuclear sites, and this includes examining responses to power failures and other technical problems. “This,” claims Evgeny Taranov, head of the standards and certification department at ISTC, “is a special focus of ours and what sets our approach apart from other certification systems.”
The centre's clients are leading Russian and foreign security equipment manufacturers who usually submit small numbers of devices for certification. So it was a significant event for the ISTC testers when GVS ZAO submitted practically the whole Geutebruck range of video security products for certification.
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The multifaceted process involves analyzing the documentation and the verification of production checks as well as physical testing. This meant GVS ZAO needed to provide Russian language documentation for all individual components and for complete CCTV systems, comprehensive data on the operation of equipment at dozens of sites, as well as the documentation required by other certification authorities. All this material was used by ISTC specialists to compile the basis for certification and to assess the most important reliability parameters which then need to be confirmed during the certification process. The tests then covered the full functionality of the equipment; its electromagnetic tolerance and its response to external influences as well as its overall performance in realistic conditions.
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