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ARMENIAN NPP RESUMES OPERATION AFTER PLANNED REPAIR AND REFUELING
YEREVAN, November 11. / ARKA /. Armenian nuclear power plant has
resumed production of electricity yesterday, Lusine Harutyunyan,
spokeswoman of the ministry of energy and natural resources told ARKA.
The plant was brought to a 54-day halt on September 22 for planned
repair, refueling and improvement of its safe operation. The shortage
of electricity was covered by swap supplies from neighboring Iran
The Metsamor plant, which accounts for about 40 percent of Armenia's
electricity, is located some 30 kilometers west of Yerevan. It was
built in the 1970s but was closed following a devastating earthquake
in 1988 that killed some 25,000 people and devastated much of northern
Armenia.
One of its two VVER 440-V230 light-water reactors was reactivated in
1995. Armenian authorities said they will build a new nuclear power
plant to replace the aging Metsamor plant. The new plant is supposed
to operate at twice the capacity of the Soviet-constructed facility.
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YEREVAN, November 11. / ARKA /. Armenian nuclear power plant has
resumed production of electricity yesterday, Lusine Harutyunyan,
spokeswoman of the ministry of energy and natural resources told ARKA.
The plant was brought to a 54-day halt on September 22 for planned
repair, refueling and improvement of its safe operation. The shortage
of electricity was covered by swap supplies from neighboring Iran
The Metsamor plant, which accounts for about 40 percent of Armenia's
electricity, is located some 30 kilometers west of Yerevan. It was
built in the 1970s but was closed following a devastating earthquake
in 1988 that killed some 25,000 people and devastated much of northern
Armenia.
One of its two VVER 440-V230 light-water reactors was reactivated in
1995. Armenian authorities said they will build a new nuclear power
plant to replace the aging Metsamor plant. The new plant is supposed
to operate at twice the capacity of the Soviet-constructed facility.
-0- - See more at:
http://arka.am/en/news/economy/armenian_npp_resumes_operation_after_planned_repai r_and_refueling/#sthash.sHkHH6Ba.dpuf