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There are no safe nuclear power plants. expert says
17:02 26.04.2013
Anna Nazaryan
`Radiolur'
On the 27th anniversary of the Chernobyl tragedy, experts in Armenia
discussed the risks of exploitation of the nuclear power plant. `There
are no completely safe nuclear power plants,' nuclear energy expert
Emil Sahakyan told reporters today.
Speaking about the threats in Armenia, the expert pointed to the
issues of seismic security and the density of population in the ANPP
area.
Director of the Scientific-Research Institute of Nuclear Power Plants
Exploitation Vahram Petrosyan said Armenia and Chernobyl are
completely different from the point of view of security. He added that
the Metsamor Nuclear Power Plant is one of the safest in the world,
and it had been constructed in a correct place form the seismologic
point of view.
Vahram Petrosyan said a stress test was launched at Metsamor Plant
after the Fukushima disaster, and will run until late May. Research
shows that the term of ANPP activity can be extended for another 5, 10
or 15 years, he said.
17:02 26.04.2013
Anna Nazaryan
`Radiolur'
On the 27th anniversary of the Chernobyl tragedy, experts in Armenia
discussed the risks of exploitation of the nuclear power plant. `There
are no completely safe nuclear power plants,' nuclear energy expert
Emil Sahakyan told reporters today.
Speaking about the threats in Armenia, the expert pointed to the
issues of seismic security and the density of population in the ANPP
area.
Director of the Scientific-Research Institute of Nuclear Power Plants
Exploitation Vahram Petrosyan said Armenia and Chernobyl are
completely different from the point of view of security. He added that
the Metsamor Nuclear Power Plant is one of the safest in the world,
and it had been constructed in a correct place form the seismologic
point of view.
Vahram Petrosyan said a stress test was launched at Metsamor Plant
after the Fukushima disaster, and will run until late May. Research
shows that the term of ANPP activity can be extended for another 5, 10
or 15 years, he said.