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NUKE STATION DIRECTOR DISMISSAL REASONABLE - ARMENIAN MINISTRY OF ENERGY
YEREVAN, December 17. /ARKA/. Armenian ministry of energy believes
that dismissal of the director of the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant
was natural under the existing circumstances, the deputy minister of
energy Areg Galstyan told reporters on Thursday.
According to earlier mass media reports, the director of the Armenian
NPP Gagik Markosyan was relieved of the post following his own
request and the chief engineer of the nuke station Movses Vardanyan
was appointed as acting director.
Mass media report that the deputy directors of the plant were relieved
of their posts as well and one of them was arrested as part of a
criminal misappropriation case.
"Director of the Armenian NPP has resigned, and I believe, he has
made the right choice under the current circumstances when a criminal
procedure is initiated against the commercial director on abuse in
procurement", Galstyan said.
The deputy minister refrained from mentioning any details and said
an investigation is under way.
The new director appointment and confirmation procedure is quite
complicated and long and no candidates for the post have been defined
yet, Galstyan said.
The National Security Service press secretary Artsvin Baghramyan
confirmed the former deputy director on commerce Rubik Movsesyan was
arrested, and the inquiry is under way.
The Armenian Metsamor Nuclear Power Plant, the only nuke station in
the region, is located some 30 kilometers south of Yerevan. It was
built in the 1970s but was closed following a devastating earthquake
in 1988 that killed some 25,000 people.
One of the plant's two VVER 440-V230 light-water reactors was
reactivated in 1995. According to the expert estimates, the plant
can operate till 2016, but the European Union insists it should be
closed down now. -0--
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YEREVAN, December 17. /ARKA/. Armenian ministry of energy believes
that dismissal of the director of the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant
was natural under the existing circumstances, the deputy minister of
energy Areg Galstyan told reporters on Thursday.
According to earlier mass media reports, the director of the Armenian
NPP Gagik Markosyan was relieved of the post following his own
request and the chief engineer of the nuke station Movses Vardanyan
was appointed as acting director.
Mass media report that the deputy directors of the plant were relieved
of their posts as well and one of them was arrested as part of a
criminal misappropriation case.
"Director of the Armenian NPP has resigned, and I believe, he has
made the right choice under the current circumstances when a criminal
procedure is initiated against the commercial director on abuse in
procurement", Galstyan said.
The deputy minister refrained from mentioning any details and said
an investigation is under way.
The new director appointment and confirmation procedure is quite
complicated and long and no candidates for the post have been defined
yet, Galstyan said.
The National Security Service press secretary Artsvin Baghramyan
confirmed the former deputy director on commerce Rubik Movsesyan was
arrested, and the inquiry is under way.
The Armenian Metsamor Nuclear Power Plant, the only nuke station in
the region, is located some 30 kilometers south of Yerevan. It was
built in the 1970s but was closed following a devastating earthquake
in 1988 that killed some 25,000 people.
One of the plant's two VVER 440-V230 light-water reactors was
reactivated in 1995. According to the expert estimates, the plant
can operate till 2016, but the European Union insists it should be
closed down now. -0--
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