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AZERBAIJAN REQUIRES INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTS ON ACTIVITIES OF NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS TO BE BUILT IN ARMENIA
Trend Daily News
June 1, 2011 Wednesday 7:13 PM GMT +4
The environmental impact of new nuclear power plant (NPP), of which
construction is planned in Armenia, should be assessed by experts of
the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the results of the
assessment should be submitted to neighboring countries, the director
of the Radiation Problems Institute of Azerbaijan National Academy
of Sciences (ANAS) Adil Garibov told Trend.
He said the Institute has already appealed to the Cabinet of Ministers
with a proposal for conducting impact assessments. And the Azerbaijani
government has already submitted this proposal to the IAEA.
Azerbaijan and Armenia are members of the Convention on Environmental
Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context (Espoo Convention),
said Garibov.
"Azerbaijan, as a member state of the Convention, requires a report
on the environmental assessment that would enable the country to
express its attitude towards it. We have also raised questions about
how the plant will operate in emergency conditions. We want to know
how the plant will operate not only in normal, but also in emergency
situations. We should also be informed about what might happen during
the operation of the plant in an emergency condition," said Garibov.
The environmental assessment should be conducted by the IAEA experts
upon Armenia's order, said the director of the Institute.
"Using nuclear energy is the sovereign right of Armenia. However,
Azerbaijan wants to obtain the necessary international documents. It
should be assessment documents and documents that would give a
guarantee on the operation capacity of the reactor. This guarantee
must be given on the basis of experts' conclusions," said Garibov.
Armenia plans to build new nuclear power plant, which will be more
powerful than Metsamor NPP. It is assumed that the project will cost
$1 billion.
Trend Daily News
June 1, 2011 Wednesday 7:13 PM GMT +4
The environmental impact of new nuclear power plant (NPP), of which
construction is planned in Armenia, should be assessed by experts of
the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the results of the
assessment should be submitted to neighboring countries, the director
of the Radiation Problems Institute of Azerbaijan National Academy
of Sciences (ANAS) Adil Garibov told Trend.
He said the Institute has already appealed to the Cabinet of Ministers
with a proposal for conducting impact assessments. And the Azerbaijani
government has already submitted this proposal to the IAEA.
Azerbaijan and Armenia are members of the Convention on Environmental
Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context (Espoo Convention),
said Garibov.
"Azerbaijan, as a member state of the Convention, requires a report
on the environmental assessment that would enable the country to
express its attitude towards it. We have also raised questions about
how the plant will operate in emergency conditions. We want to know
how the plant will operate not only in normal, but also in emergency
situations. We should also be informed about what might happen during
the operation of the plant in an emergency condition," said Garibov.
The environmental assessment should be conducted by the IAEA experts
upon Armenia's order, said the director of the Institute.
"Using nuclear energy is the sovereign right of Armenia. However,
Azerbaijan wants to obtain the necessary international documents. It
should be assessment documents and documents that would give a
guarantee on the operation capacity of the reactor. This guarantee
must be given on the basis of experts' conclusions," said Garibov.
Armenia plans to build new nuclear power plant, which will be more
powerful than Metsamor NPP. It is assumed that the project will cost
$1 billion.