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    United Press International UPI
    Nov 3 2013

    Much of Armenia experiences brief power failure

    Nov. 2, 2013 | 6:19 PM


    YEREVAN, Armenia, Nov. 2 (UPI) -- Most of Armenia, including the
    capital city, lost electrical power for brief periods Saturday when
    connections to Iran were disrupted, an official said.

    A spokeswoman for the Energy Ministry, Lusine Arutyunyan, said on
    ArmNews TV that the power failure was about 10 minutes long, RIA
    Novosti reported.

    She said the capital, Yerevan, and much of the rest of the country
    were affected.

    The Armenian Nuclear Power plant is shut down every year for almost
    two months for repair and refueling. During the interval, which began
    this year on Sept. 23, Iran supplies enough electrical power to its
    neighbor to make up for the 40 percent normally generated by the
    nuclear plant.

    Arutyunyan said the blackout problem was caused by a drop in frequency
    in the connection with Iran.



    Read more: http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2013/11/02/Much-of-Armenia-experiences-brief-power-failure/UPI-61641383430749/#ixzz2jcSIKJXW




    From: A. Papazian
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