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ARMENIAN NPP MAY BE RESTARTED AHEAD OF SCHEDULE
arminfo
Tuesday, October 25, 12:32
Armenian nuclear power plant (NPP) may be reconnected to the energy
system ahead of schedule after it was suspended for planned and
preventive repair and refueling on September 11.
Lusine Haroutiunyan, Spokesperson of the Armenian Minister for Energy
and Natural Resources, told ArmInfo the repair and refueling is over
and the start-up operations are currently underway. "If the start-up
operations are completed ahead of schedule, the NPP will be restarted
already today or tomorrow and not on October 27 as it was planned.
To recall, the wages of the operating personnel of the Armenian Nuclear
Power Plant will be raised by 10%. The press service of the Ministry
of Energy and Natural Resources of Armenia reports that the wages
will be raised due to the money saved as a result of the program to
reduce the NPP's expenses. The salary costs will increase by 10 mln
drams every month.
In September 2003 the Armenian NPP was transferred under financial
management of the Inter RJSC UES of Russia for 5 years and in Sept
2008 the term was extended for another 5 years. Two power units of
Russian model pressurized water reactor-440, with capacity of 815
megawatt in total have been installed at the Armenian NPP. The first
unit was put into exploitation in 1976, the second in 1980. At the
beginning of 1989, the plant was closed down for political ideas,
and then the second unit was reactivated because of acute energy
crisis at the beginning of 1995. The share of NPP is 40% of total
energy generation in the country.
arminfo
Tuesday, October 25, 12:32
Armenian nuclear power plant (NPP) may be reconnected to the energy
system ahead of schedule after it was suspended for planned and
preventive repair and refueling on September 11.
Lusine Haroutiunyan, Spokesperson of the Armenian Minister for Energy
and Natural Resources, told ArmInfo the repair and refueling is over
and the start-up operations are currently underway. "If the start-up
operations are completed ahead of schedule, the NPP will be restarted
already today or tomorrow and not on October 27 as it was planned.
To recall, the wages of the operating personnel of the Armenian Nuclear
Power Plant will be raised by 10%. The press service of the Ministry
of Energy and Natural Resources of Armenia reports that the wages
will be raised due to the money saved as a result of the program to
reduce the NPP's expenses. The salary costs will increase by 10 mln
drams every month.
In September 2003 the Armenian NPP was transferred under financial
management of the Inter RJSC UES of Russia for 5 years and in Sept
2008 the term was extended for another 5 years. Two power units of
Russian model pressurized water reactor-440, with capacity of 815
megawatt in total have been installed at the Armenian NPP. The first
unit was put into exploitation in 1976, the second in 1980. At the
beginning of 1989, the plant was closed down for political ideas,
and then the second unit was reactivated because of acute energy
crisis at the beginning of 1995. The share of NPP is 40% of total
energy generation in the country.