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SERVICE LIFE OF ARMENIAN NUCLEAR POWER PLANT TO BE EXTENDED UNTIL 2026
YEREVAN, September 13, /ARKA/. Armenian energy and natural resources
minister Armen Movsisyan said today after a government session that
the service life of the Armenian nuclear power plant will be extended
by ten years up to 2026.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said after talks with his Armenian
counterpart Serzh Sargsyan in Moscow on September 3 that experts
from Russian state nuclear company Rosatom will help Armenian peers
to extend the service life of the Armenian nuclear power plant in
Metsamor for another 10 years until 2026.
"Armenia and Russia continue to cooperate in the nuclear energy field.
Rosatom and Armenian experts have agreed to concentrate efforts on
the implementation of a project to extend the service life of the
Armenian nuclear power plant for 10 years until 2026", Putin said
according to RIA Novosti.
The Armenian government decided also today to allow the Armenian
nuclear power plant cjsc to export nuclear materials. Minister
Movsisyan explained that this means that Armenia will move to Russia
seven cassettes with nuclear fuel brought to Armenia in 1979-1987
and not used because of technical faults.
The Armenian nuclear power plant is located some 30 kilometers west
of Yerevan. It was built in the 1970s but was closed following
a devastating earthquake in 1988. One of its two VVER 440-V230
light-water reactors was reactivated in 1995. According to experts,
the plant can operate until 2016, however, the EU insists on shutting
it down. -0-
16:05 13.09.2013
http://arka.am/en/news/economy/service_life_of_armenian_nuclear_power_plant_to_be _extended_until_2026/
From: Baghdasarian
YEREVAN, September 13, /ARKA/. Armenian energy and natural resources
minister Armen Movsisyan said today after a government session that
the service life of the Armenian nuclear power plant will be extended
by ten years up to 2026.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said after talks with his Armenian
counterpart Serzh Sargsyan in Moscow on September 3 that experts
from Russian state nuclear company Rosatom will help Armenian peers
to extend the service life of the Armenian nuclear power plant in
Metsamor for another 10 years until 2026.
"Armenia and Russia continue to cooperate in the nuclear energy field.
Rosatom and Armenian experts have agreed to concentrate efforts on
the implementation of a project to extend the service life of the
Armenian nuclear power plant for 10 years until 2026", Putin said
according to RIA Novosti.
The Armenian government decided also today to allow the Armenian
nuclear power plant cjsc to export nuclear materials. Minister
Movsisyan explained that this means that Armenia will move to Russia
seven cassettes with nuclear fuel brought to Armenia in 1979-1987
and not used because of technical faults.
The Armenian nuclear power plant is located some 30 kilometers west
of Yerevan. It was built in the 1970s but was closed following
a devastating earthquake in 1988. One of its two VVER 440-V230
light-water reactors was reactivated in 1995. According to experts,
the plant can operate until 2016, however, the EU insists on shutting
it down. -0-
16:05 13.09.2013
http://arka.am/en/news/economy/service_life_of_armenian_nuclear_power_plant_to_be _extended_until_2026/
From: Baghdasarian