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ARMENIA AND BELARUS TO COOPERATE IN NUCLEAR SPHERE
Vestnik Kavkaza, Russia
April 18 2013
The Government of Armenia approved the signing of the
Armenian-Belarusian intergovernmental agreement on cooperation in
the peaceful use of nuclear energy at its meeting held on Thursday,
News-Armenia reported, says Trend.
According to the draft agreement, the parties will cooperate on
issues of construction, safe operation and technical and economic
improvement of nuclear power in Armenia and Belarus, and provision
of security to nuclear power plants.
The document also provides cooperation in the processing and storage
of nuclear waste, radioactive waste management and environmental
protection.
Armenian authorities are actually going to build a new station at the
place of the current nuclear power plant near Metsamor city (about
20-30 kilometers south of Yerevan). The station was commissioned in
1976; only the second unit with a 407.5-MW capacity functions now,
generating on average 40-50 percent of the electric power produced
in Armenia.
Now it is planned to build one additional power unit with a 1,000-MW
capacity. According to the Nuclear Control Service, the construction
cost of the new unit will comprise about $ 5 billion. In February
2012, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Armen Movsisyan said
that it is planned to build the unit in 2019-2020.
From: A. Papazian
Vestnik Kavkaza, Russia
April 18 2013
The Government of Armenia approved the signing of the
Armenian-Belarusian intergovernmental agreement on cooperation in
the peaceful use of nuclear energy at its meeting held on Thursday,
News-Armenia reported, says Trend.
According to the draft agreement, the parties will cooperate on
issues of construction, safe operation and technical and economic
improvement of nuclear power in Armenia and Belarus, and provision
of security to nuclear power plants.
The document also provides cooperation in the processing and storage
of nuclear waste, radioactive waste management and environmental
protection.
Armenian authorities are actually going to build a new station at the
place of the current nuclear power plant near Metsamor city (about
20-30 kilometers south of Yerevan). The station was commissioned in
1976; only the second unit with a 407.5-MW capacity functions now,
generating on average 40-50 percent of the electric power produced
in Armenia.
Now it is planned to build one additional power unit with a 1,000-MW
capacity. According to the Nuclear Control Service, the construction
cost of the new unit will comprise about $ 5 billion. In February
2012, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Armen Movsisyan said
that it is planned to build the unit in 2019-2020.
From: A. Papazian