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ARMENIAN NUCLEAR POWER PLANT RESUMES OPERATIONS AFTER MAINTENANCE
YEREVAN, December 5. /ARKA/. The second power unit of Armenian
nuclear power plant resumed its operation, general director of the
plant Gagik Markosyan said.
"Whatever was planned, has been implemented, and on November 27 the
nuclear power plant restarted electricity production," Markosyan said.
According to an earlier report, the maintenance works were expected
to be completed on December 11.
On September 15, the nuclear power plant halted its operations for
maintenance works, safety measures and refueling.
Armenian NPP uses about 90 cassettes of nuclear fuel supplied by
Russian TVEL company every year, according to RIA Novosti.
Armenian NPP is located in Metsamor, some 30 kilometers south of
Yerevan. It was commissioned in 1980, but was closed following a
devastating earthquake in 1988. One of its two VVER 440 reactors was
reactivated in 1995 due to acute power crisis in Armenia.
Today only the second reactor with capacity of 407.5megawatt is
in operation. It provides from 40% to 50% of the overall energy
production in Armenia. According to experts, the NPP can operate
till 2016. Armenian government approved extension of second power
unit operations on April 9, 2012.
Armenian minister of energy Armen Movsisyan said at a government
meeting that the second power unit operation deadline should be
extended for another 3-4 years due to delay in construction of a new
power unit. -0--
YEREVAN, December 5. /ARKA/. The second power unit of Armenian
nuclear power plant resumed its operation, general director of the
plant Gagik Markosyan said.
"Whatever was planned, has been implemented, and on November 27 the
nuclear power plant restarted electricity production," Markosyan said.
According to an earlier report, the maintenance works were expected
to be completed on December 11.
On September 15, the nuclear power plant halted its operations for
maintenance works, safety measures and refueling.
Armenian NPP uses about 90 cassettes of nuclear fuel supplied by
Russian TVEL company every year, according to RIA Novosti.
Armenian NPP is located in Metsamor, some 30 kilometers south of
Yerevan. It was commissioned in 1980, but was closed following a
devastating earthquake in 1988. One of its two VVER 440 reactors was
reactivated in 1995 due to acute power crisis in Armenia.
Today only the second reactor with capacity of 407.5megawatt is
in operation. It provides from 40% to 50% of the overall energy
production in Armenia. According to experts, the NPP can operate
till 2016. Armenian government approved extension of second power
unit operations on April 9, 2012.
Armenian minister of energy Armen Movsisyan said at a government
meeting that the second power unit operation deadline should be
extended for another 3-4 years due to delay in construction of a new
power unit. -0--