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EU DEMANDS CLOSURE OF ARMENIA'S METSAMOR NUCLEAR POWER PLANT
Vestnik Kavkaza
May 17 2012
Russia
The European Union is opposed to modernization of the nuclear power
plant in Armenia's Metsamor in 2016, ARKA reports.
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan said in April that the formation
of a new energy block would start in 2014. The operation of the power
plant will be extended.
The EU demands long-term closure of the nuclear facility, because
modernization can only be carried out by taking international safety
criteria into account. The European Union will demand that the power
plant be shut down at negotiations on the formation of a free trade
zone with Yerevan in May.
Closing the power plant without an alternate source of energy may
lead to a doubling of electricity prices and cause a complicated
socio-economic situation.
From: A. Papazian
Vestnik Kavkaza
May 17 2012
Russia
The European Union is opposed to modernization of the nuclear power
plant in Armenia's Metsamor in 2016, ARKA reports.
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan said in April that the formation
of a new energy block would start in 2014. The operation of the power
plant will be extended.
The EU demands long-term closure of the nuclear facility, because
modernization can only be carried out by taking international safety
criteria into account. The European Union will demand that the power
plant be shut down at negotiations on the formation of a free trade
zone with Yerevan in May.
Closing the power plant without an alternate source of energy may
lead to a doubling of electricity prices and cause a complicated
socio-economic situation.
From: A. Papazian