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ARMENIAN NPP SUSPENDED FOR CAPITAL REPAIR TO BE RE-LAUNCHED AHEAD OF SCHEDULE
arminfo
Friday, November 2, 15:31
The operating power unit of the Armenian nuclear power plant that was
suspended for capital repair on September 15 for a period till Dec 11
will be re-launched ahead of schedule, Ashot Martirosyan, Head of the
State Committee for Nuclear Security of Armenia, told media, Friday.
He said that the NPP was suspended for 85 days, but will be re-launched
in late November or early December due to high rates of repair. He
said that nuclear fuel necessary for refueling of the plant has
already been delivered.
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
Friday, November 2, 15:31
The operating power unit of the Armenian nuclear power plant that was
suspended for capital repair on September 15 for a period till Dec 11
will be re-launched ahead of schedule, Ashot Martirosyan, Head of the
State Committee for Nuclear Security of Armenia, told media, Friday.
He said that the NPP was suspended for 85 days, but will be re-launched
in late November or early December due to high rates of repair. He
said that nuclear fuel necessary for refueling of the plant has
already been delivered.
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.