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RUSSIA CONFIRMS ITS WILLINGNESS TO PARTICIPATE IN FUNDING THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW NUCLEAR POWER UNIT AT ARMENIAN NPP
arminfo
Wednesday, October 26, 17:41
Russia confirms its willingness to participate in funding the
construction of a new nuclear power unit at the Armenian Nuclear
Power Plant (ANPP) and in its commissioning even after the tragic
developments in Japan, Deputy Director General of Rosatom state
corporation Nikolay Spassky told journalists in Yerevan after the
12th sitting of the CIS Commission on the Use of Atomic Energy for
Peaceful Purposes.
"We are ready to participate in forming the financial package to
implement this project and exploit the future second line", Spassky
said. Thus, the representative of Rosatom refuted the rumors in
the mass media that after the developments in Japan Russia lost
its interest in constriction of a nuclear power unit in Armenia. He
added that this project for Russia is one of the priority projects
of international cooperation.
The status of the project may only be determined by an
intergovernmental agreement, which was signed in 2010 during Russian
President Dmitry Medvedev's visit to Armenia, he said.
"A year has passed since the signing of the intergovernmental
agreement. Over this year we did much work in terms of elaboration of
all packages on the agreement, including the financial one", he said.
To remind, on 4 Dec 2009 the Government of Armenia took a decision on
creation of the Armenian- Russian CJSC "Metsamorenergo" on a parity
basis to build a new nuclear power unit in Armenia. The Russian side
in the joint venture is represented by "Atomstroyexport" (structure
of Rosatom) and the Armenian side - by the Ministry of Energy and
Natural Resources.
The project is preliminarily estimated at about 4-5 bln USD.
arminfo
Wednesday, October 26, 17:41
Russia confirms its willingness to participate in funding the
construction of a new nuclear power unit at the Armenian Nuclear
Power Plant (ANPP) and in its commissioning even after the tragic
developments in Japan, Deputy Director General of Rosatom state
corporation Nikolay Spassky told journalists in Yerevan after the
12th sitting of the CIS Commission on the Use of Atomic Energy for
Peaceful Purposes.
"We are ready to participate in forming the financial package to
implement this project and exploit the future second line", Spassky
said. Thus, the representative of Rosatom refuted the rumors in
the mass media that after the developments in Japan Russia lost
its interest in constriction of a nuclear power unit in Armenia. He
added that this project for Russia is one of the priority projects
of international cooperation.
The status of the project may only be determined by an
intergovernmental agreement, which was signed in 2010 during Russian
President Dmitry Medvedev's visit to Armenia, he said.
"A year has passed since the signing of the intergovernmental
agreement. Over this year we did much work in terms of elaboration of
all packages on the agreement, including the financial one", he said.
To remind, on 4 Dec 2009 the Government of Armenia took a decision on
creation of the Armenian- Russian CJSC "Metsamorenergo" on a parity
basis to build a new nuclear power unit in Armenia. The Russian side
in the joint venture is represented by "Atomstroyexport" (structure
of Rosatom) and the Armenian side - by the Ministry of Energy and
Natural Resources.
The project is preliminarily estimated at about 4-5 bln USD.