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'NEIGHBORS MUST BE INFORMED OF INSPECTIONS AT ARMENIAN NUKE PLANT'
news.az
Sept 29 2011
Azerbaijan
'The Metsamor nuke plant represents a real threat for the region'.
Energy experts of countries neighboring Armenia must be allowed to
inspection of the Metsamor nuke plant which represents a big threat
to the whole region.
The statement came from president of the National Academy of Science
of Azerbaijan Mahmud Karimov.
'Armenian side states that the Metsamor nuke plant has been inspected
by no less than ten different commissions this year but the results
of the inspections are not provided to the neighbor countries, which
means that inspections are not transparent. This is not correct',
Karimov told reporters on Thursday.
"We demand to make these results public. Turkey, Georgia and Azerbaijan
must be aware of the results of inspections", he said.
According to Karimov, this issue was also raised at the IAEA's recent
general conference. At this meeting, the head of the Academy of Science
of Azerbaijan spoke of the need for the experts from Armenian neighbor
countries to participate in the activity of the Metsamor nuke plant.
The president of the National Academy of Science of Azerbaijan said
that after the accident at the Fukushima-1 nuke plant, the security
of the Armenian nuke plant has become even more pressing.
"Indeed, the Metsamor nuke plant represents a real threat for the
region, since it does not meet the European standards, exhausted its
resources and gone outdated. EU has repeatedly demanded to shut it
down but Armenian government continues using this station and even
passed a decision to build a new energy unit there", Karimov said.
He drew attention to the fact Metsamor nuke plant is located in
mountainous area. "In the event of failure, there will be water
shortage for cooling the reactor and it will be very difficult to
prevent the tragedy", he said.
news.az
Sept 29 2011
Azerbaijan
'The Metsamor nuke plant represents a real threat for the region'.
Energy experts of countries neighboring Armenia must be allowed to
inspection of the Metsamor nuke plant which represents a big threat
to the whole region.
The statement came from president of the National Academy of Science
of Azerbaijan Mahmud Karimov.
'Armenian side states that the Metsamor nuke plant has been inspected
by no less than ten different commissions this year but the results
of the inspections are not provided to the neighbor countries, which
means that inspections are not transparent. This is not correct',
Karimov told reporters on Thursday.
"We demand to make these results public. Turkey, Georgia and Azerbaijan
must be aware of the results of inspections", he said.
According to Karimov, this issue was also raised at the IAEA's recent
general conference. At this meeting, the head of the Academy of Science
of Azerbaijan spoke of the need for the experts from Armenian neighbor
countries to participate in the activity of the Metsamor nuke plant.
The president of the National Academy of Science of Azerbaijan said
that after the accident at the Fukushima-1 nuke plant, the security
of the Armenian nuke plant has become even more pressing.
"Indeed, the Metsamor nuke plant represents a real threat for the
region, since it does not meet the European standards, exhausted its
resources and gone outdated. EU has repeatedly demanded to shut it
down but Armenian government continues using this station and even
passed a decision to build a new energy unit there", Karimov said.
He drew attention to the fact Metsamor nuke plant is located in
mountainous area. "In the event of failure, there will be water
shortage for cooling the reactor and it will be very difficult to
prevent the tragedy", he said.