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    ARMENIAN NPP'S TEMPORARY SHUTDOWN TO HAVE NO IMPACT ON POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM

    ARKA
    Sep 16, 2008

    YEREVAN, September 16. /ARKA/. Armenia's power supply system will
    not suffer from the temporary shutdown of the country's nuclear power
    packaget, reported Gagik Markosyan, director of Armenian NPP.

    The major repairs will take 85 days. Armenia's NPP has been operating
    properly since it was last repaired in 1995, according to Markosyan.

    This year specialists will check all the pipes and wash the steam
    generator to guarantee the safety of NPP. Some six years ago major
    repairs of the NPP took 90-120 days, depending on what kind of problem
    the power generating unit had.

    NPP will be supplied with fuel soon, Markosyan said.

    The only operating unit with a Russian nuclear reactor generates
    about 50% of Armenia's electric power.

    In the coming five years, the Armenia NPP will be under the trust
    management of the INTER RAO UES CJSC. According to specialists,
    the Armenian NPP in Metsamor can operate until 2016.
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