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AZERBAIJAN DESCRIBES CONDITIONS OF ITS CONSENT FOR CONSTRUCTION OF NEW NPP IN ARMENIA
Today, Azerbaijan
Oct 11 2011
Azerbaijan may give consent for construction of a new nuclear reactor
in Armenia, director of the Radiation Problems Institute of Azerbaijan
National Academy of Sciences (ANAS) Adil Garibov said.
According to him, to get Azerbaijan's consent for construction of the
reactor, Armenia must necessarily develop and submit to Azerbaijan
the environmental impact assessment of the reactor's operation.
At the same time, Armenia has to inform the Azerbaijani side of
all details of the reactor's operation: from where it will take
water for reactor's operation, how it will purify water, at what
temperature the water will drain back into the river, how safety
will be ensured. The Armenian side will have to answer to some other
questions of Azerbaijan.
According to Garibov, before building a new reactor, it is necessary
to prepare environmental impact assessment and submit to countries
of region a report on this issue.
The results of environmental impact assessment of the reactor may
be not to be reported to Azerbaijan and Azerbaijan may not to accept
them, said Garibov. According to him, Armenia may explain its refusal
to submit assessment to Azerbaijan with that it is in condition of
war the country.
Azerbaijan also can not to accept the results of assessment if the
Armenian side does not follow certain rules for the organization
of reactor.
"At the annual meeting of the IAEA, ANAS President Mahmud Kerimov said
that Armenia is weak from an economic point of view, it may not to
be able to contain the reactor with a capacity of 1,000 MW. So, this
issue should be on the focus of international attention," said Garibov.
Armenia plans to build a new nuclear power plant more powerful than
Metsamor NPP. Presumably, the project will cost $1 billion.
The service period of Metsamor NPP expired in 2010. However, Armenia
and IAEA experts have agreed to continue operating the plant until
2016.
Today, Azerbaijan
Oct 11 2011
Azerbaijan may give consent for construction of a new nuclear reactor
in Armenia, director of the Radiation Problems Institute of Azerbaijan
National Academy of Sciences (ANAS) Adil Garibov said.
According to him, to get Azerbaijan's consent for construction of the
reactor, Armenia must necessarily develop and submit to Azerbaijan
the environmental impact assessment of the reactor's operation.
At the same time, Armenia has to inform the Azerbaijani side of
all details of the reactor's operation: from where it will take
water for reactor's operation, how it will purify water, at what
temperature the water will drain back into the river, how safety
will be ensured. The Armenian side will have to answer to some other
questions of Azerbaijan.
According to Garibov, before building a new reactor, it is necessary
to prepare environmental impact assessment and submit to countries
of region a report on this issue.
The results of environmental impact assessment of the reactor may
be not to be reported to Azerbaijan and Azerbaijan may not to accept
them, said Garibov. According to him, Armenia may explain its refusal
to submit assessment to Azerbaijan with that it is in condition of
war the country.
Azerbaijan also can not to accept the results of assessment if the
Armenian side does not follow certain rules for the organization
of reactor.
"At the annual meeting of the IAEA, ANAS President Mahmud Kerimov said
that Armenia is weak from an economic point of view, it may not to
be able to contain the reactor with a capacity of 1,000 MW. So, this
issue should be on the focus of international attention," said Garibov.
Armenia plans to build a new nuclear power plant more powerful than
Metsamor NPP. Presumably, the project will cost $1 billion.
The service period of Metsamor NPP expired in 2010. However, Armenia
and IAEA experts have agreed to continue operating the plant until
2016.