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ARMENIAN NPP BOOSTS ELECTRICITY OUTPUT 3.6% IN H1 2008
Interfax News Agency
July 11 2008
Russia
Armenian Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)
in January-June 2008 boosted electricity output 3.6% year-on-year
to 1.529 billion kilowatt hours, the NPP's general director Gagik
Markosian told Interfax.
Transfer of electricity rose 3.7% to 1.408 billion kilowatt hours.
He said that the NPP's electricity production exceeded an earlier
forecast by 6.3%, transfer - by 6.5%.
Markosian added that the NPP plans to shut down for a period of 85
days as of September 1, 2008 for the implementation of capital repairs
and refueling.
In September 2003, Armenian NPP was transferred to CJSC INTER RAO
UES for a financial management period of five years.
Armenian NPP is installed with two reactors with a combined capacity
of 815 megawatts. The first reactor came online in 1976, the second
- 1980. At the start of 1989 the station was shut down. In 1995 the
second reactor was restarted with 404 megawatts of capacity.
Interfax News Agency
July 11 2008
Russia
Armenian Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)
in January-June 2008 boosted electricity output 3.6% year-on-year
to 1.529 billion kilowatt hours, the NPP's general director Gagik
Markosian told Interfax.
Transfer of electricity rose 3.7% to 1.408 billion kilowatt hours.
He said that the NPP's electricity production exceeded an earlier
forecast by 6.3%, transfer - by 6.5%.
Markosian added that the NPP plans to shut down for a period of 85
days as of September 1, 2008 for the implementation of capital repairs
and refueling.
In September 2003, Armenian NPP was transferred to CJSC INTER RAO
UES for a financial management period of five years.
Armenian NPP is installed with two reactors with a combined capacity
of 815 megawatts. The first reactor came online in 1976, the second
- 1980. At the start of 1989 the station was shut down. In 1995 the
second reactor was restarted with 404 megawatts of capacity.