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ATOMSTROYEXPORT AND ARMENIAN GOVERNMENT SIGN CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT ON CONSTRUCTION OF NEW NUCLEAR POWER PLANT
/ ARKA /
June 7, 2011
YEREVAN
Russia's state-run Atomstroyexport, the leading engineering company
of the State Nuclear Agency Corporation Rosatom in charge of building
nuclear power facilities abroad, and the Armenian government have
signed a confidentiality agreement on the construction of a new
Armenian nuclear power plant, Russian RIA Novosti news agency
reported. It said the agreement was signed on the sidelines of
international Atomexpo-2011 forum.
"After signing this agreement we can share important documents and
conduct correspondence on an entirely different level," Alexander
Ryabov, Atomstroyexport first vice-president, was quoted as saying.
Earlier Armenian ministry of energy and natural resources and
Atomstroyexport could share only open information related to the
construction of nuclear power plant in Armenia.
Deputy Armenian minister of energy and natural resources Arek Galstyan
said Armenian authorities had conducted additional seismic research
in the area, where the new plant will be built.
"I do not think there will be major changes in the project. We have
previously conducted studies and have increased security requirements,"
Galstyan said.
The Metsamor plant, which accounts for about 40 percent of Armenia's
electricity is located some 30 kilometers west of Yerevan. It
was built in the 1970s but was closed following a devastating
earthquake in 1988 that killed some 25,000 people and devastated
much of northern Armenia. One of its two VVER 440-V230 light-water
reactors was reactivated in 1995. Armenian authorities said they
will build a new nuclear power plant to replace the aging Metsamor
plant. The new plant is supposed to operate at twice the capacity of
the Soviet-constructed facility.
/ ARKA /
June 7, 2011
YEREVAN
Russia's state-run Atomstroyexport, the leading engineering company
of the State Nuclear Agency Corporation Rosatom in charge of building
nuclear power facilities abroad, and the Armenian government have
signed a confidentiality agreement on the construction of a new
Armenian nuclear power plant, Russian RIA Novosti news agency
reported. It said the agreement was signed on the sidelines of
international Atomexpo-2011 forum.
"After signing this agreement we can share important documents and
conduct correspondence on an entirely different level," Alexander
Ryabov, Atomstroyexport first vice-president, was quoted as saying.
Earlier Armenian ministry of energy and natural resources and
Atomstroyexport could share only open information related to the
construction of nuclear power plant in Armenia.
Deputy Armenian minister of energy and natural resources Arek Galstyan
said Armenian authorities had conducted additional seismic research
in the area, where the new plant will be built.
"I do not think there will be major changes in the project. We have
previously conducted studies and have increased security requirements,"
Galstyan said.
The Metsamor plant, which accounts for about 40 percent of Armenia's
electricity is located some 30 kilometers west of Yerevan. It
was built in the 1970s but was closed following a devastating
earthquake in 1988 that killed some 25,000 people and devastated
much of northern Armenia. One of its two VVER 440-V230 light-water
reactors was reactivated in 1995. Armenian authorities said they
will build a new nuclear power plant to replace the aging Metsamor
plant. The new plant is supposed to operate at twice the capacity of
the Soviet-constructed facility.