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ARMENIAN MINISTRY OF NATURE PROTECTION IS UNAWARE OF CONSTRUCTION OF NEW NUCLEAR WASTE REPOSITORY
ArmInfo
2010-07-20 18:07:00
ArmInfo. The Armenian Ministry of Nature Protection has received no
documents related to holding of the prospecting work on drawing up the
ground map of placement of radioactive and dangerous chemical waste,
says the Ministry's official letter, EcoLur NGO told ArmInfo.
The letter also says that all the actions on the given governmental
decision are determined by the Ministry of Energy and Natural
Resources. A problem arises how the provisions of the Aarhus
Convention and the Armenian Law "On expert examination of influence on
environment" can be implemented if one ministry does not even inform
the other ministry of the environmentally important decisions at the
planning stage, particularly, when the decisions concern placement
of objects endangering health and environment.
To recall, the prospecting work on choice of the place for the nuclear
waster repository near the villages of Zangakatun and Urtsalanj
raised a real wave of protest among the local residents. The drilling
operations on the administrative lands of Zangakatun were launched
in April without warning the residents and the rural administration;
as a result, the residents shut off the road and drove the drillers off
their territory. The Prospecting Center of the Yerevan State University
states that the repository will be located in the territories that
are ineligible for agricultural work and cattle grazing, while the
residents state that the chosen place is in the center of croplands
of the community. Moreover, the water conduits of irrigation system
of three villages - Paruyr Sevak, Tigranashen and Yerehas are only
200 meters away from the chosen place.
From: A. Papazian
ArmInfo
2010-07-20 18:07:00
ArmInfo. The Armenian Ministry of Nature Protection has received no
documents related to holding of the prospecting work on drawing up the
ground map of placement of radioactive and dangerous chemical waste,
says the Ministry's official letter, EcoLur NGO told ArmInfo.
The letter also says that all the actions on the given governmental
decision are determined by the Ministry of Energy and Natural
Resources. A problem arises how the provisions of the Aarhus
Convention and the Armenian Law "On expert examination of influence on
environment" can be implemented if one ministry does not even inform
the other ministry of the environmentally important decisions at the
planning stage, particularly, when the decisions concern placement
of objects endangering health and environment.
To recall, the prospecting work on choice of the place for the nuclear
waster repository near the villages of Zangakatun and Urtsalanj
raised a real wave of protest among the local residents. The drilling
operations on the administrative lands of Zangakatun were launched
in April without warning the residents and the rural administration;
as a result, the residents shut off the road and drove the drillers off
their territory. The Prospecting Center of the Yerevan State University
states that the repository will be located in the territories that
are ineligible for agricultural work and cattle grazing, while the
residents state that the chosen place is in the center of croplands
of the community. Moreover, the water conduits of irrigation system
of three villages - Paruyr Sevak, Tigranashen and Yerehas are only
200 meters away from the chosen place.
From: A. Papazian