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EUROPEAN COMMISSION TO MODERNIZE THE 143 NUCLEAR REACTORS IN THE EUROPEAN UNION
ARMENPRESS
3 October, 2012
YEREVAN
YEREVAN, OCTOBER 3, ARMENPRESS: 143 nuclear reactors operating in
68 nuclear stations of 14 counties need to be modernized. Armenpress
reports referring to La Libre Belgique newspaper.
According to European Commission those 111 reactors which are situated
in inhabited areas need to be modernized, which will need investments
about 11-25 billions of dollars.
Earlier official representative of the European Commission Marlene
Holzner reported that European Commission will give the instructions
on each nuclear reactor, drafted a year before, to the heads of the
countries during the conference in Brussels on October 18-19.
Countries of UN and European Commission came to agreement to have a
stress-test on May, 2011 to verify the stability of NPP concerning
natural disasters, as well as a number of anthropogenic disasters
(planes, boats and marine vessels destruction and interruption of
electricity). This was decided on March, 2011 after the crash of
"Fukusima 1"nuclear station in Japan.
NPP assessments are carried out in several stages. After getting the
results of the stress-test some nuclear stations may even be closed.
ARMENPRESS
3 October, 2012
YEREVAN
YEREVAN, OCTOBER 3, ARMENPRESS: 143 nuclear reactors operating in
68 nuclear stations of 14 counties need to be modernized. Armenpress
reports referring to La Libre Belgique newspaper.
According to European Commission those 111 reactors which are situated
in inhabited areas need to be modernized, which will need investments
about 11-25 billions of dollars.
Earlier official representative of the European Commission Marlene
Holzner reported that European Commission will give the instructions
on each nuclear reactor, drafted a year before, to the heads of the
countries during the conference in Brussels on October 18-19.
Countries of UN and European Commission came to agreement to have a
stress-test on May, 2011 to verify the stability of NPP concerning
natural disasters, as well as a number of anthropogenic disasters
(planes, boats and marine vessels destruction and interruption of
electricity). This was decided on March, 2011 after the crash of
"Fukusima 1"nuclear station in Japan.
NPP assessments are carried out in several stages. After getting the
results of the stress-test some nuclear stations may even be closed.