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Haykakan Zhamanak, Armenia
Dec 10 2010
Armenia has no funds to build new nuclear unit
The Armenian government has no funds of its own to build a new nuclear
power unit in 2011, nor has it been able to find foreign funds to do
so.
Evidence of this is the fact that Armenia's state budget for 2011 does
not envisage funds for the construction of a nuclear unit. Russia, the
only foreign country that showed interest in the construction of a
nuclear unit in Armenia, has instead approved the construction of a
nuclear plant in Turkey, the report, authored by Hayk Gevorgyan, said.
According to officially announced plans, an Armenian-Russian company,
Metsamorenergatom, was to construct a new nuclear unit, but no plans
for fund-raising for the construction were announced, Gevorgyan said.
Russian President Dmitriy Medvedev immediately ratified an agreement
on the construction of a nuclear plant in Turkey after returning to
Moscow from the 1-2 December OSCE summit in Kazakhstan's Astana. This
fact is noteworthy as "Russia is starting to build a nuclear plant in
a country which would have purchased the output of our new nuclear
unit which was to be built by the Russians as well," Gevorgyan said.
So, the likelihood of the construction of a new nuclear unit in
Armenia is very low, the report concluded.
The construction of a new nuclear unit in Armenia will take about four
to five years, and in order to ensure the continuous operation of the
nuclear plant, the construction of a new unit should start in early
2011 so it can be built before 2014 - the deadline for the lifetime of
the existing Armenian nuclear plant, Gevorgyan added.
From: A. Papazian
Dec 10 2010
Armenia has no funds to build new nuclear unit
The Armenian government has no funds of its own to build a new nuclear
power unit in 2011, nor has it been able to find foreign funds to do
so.
Evidence of this is the fact that Armenia's state budget for 2011 does
not envisage funds for the construction of a nuclear unit. Russia, the
only foreign country that showed interest in the construction of a
nuclear unit in Armenia, has instead approved the construction of a
nuclear plant in Turkey, the report, authored by Hayk Gevorgyan, said.
According to officially announced plans, an Armenian-Russian company,
Metsamorenergatom, was to construct a new nuclear unit, but no plans
for fund-raising for the construction were announced, Gevorgyan said.
Russian President Dmitriy Medvedev immediately ratified an agreement
on the construction of a nuclear plant in Turkey after returning to
Moscow from the 1-2 December OSCE summit in Kazakhstan's Astana. This
fact is noteworthy as "Russia is starting to build a nuclear plant in
a country which would have purchased the output of our new nuclear
unit which was to be built by the Russians as well," Gevorgyan said.
So, the likelihood of the construction of a new nuclear unit in
Armenia is very low, the report concluded.
The construction of a new nuclear unit in Armenia will take about four
to five years, and in order to ensure the continuous operation of the
nuclear plant, the construction of a new unit should start in early
2011 so it can be built before 2014 - the deadline for the lifetime of
the existing Armenian nuclear plant, Gevorgyan added.
From: A. Papazian