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RUSSIA AND ARMENIA SIGN AGREEMENT TO EXTEND SERVICE LIFE OF METSAMOR NUCLEAR POWER PLANT
YEREVAN, December 22. / ARKA /. Last Saturday Russia and Armenia
signed an intergovernmental cooperation agreement for extending the
service life of the second unit of the Armenian nuclear power plant,
Rosatom, Russia's state-run Atomic Energy Corporation said on Monday.
The service life of the second unit of the Armenian nuclear power
plant expires in September 2016, but the agreement provides for
extending its operation for 10 years until September 2026.
The agreement was signed by Rosatom chief Sergey Kiriyenko and
Armenian energy and natural resources minister Yervand Zakarian,
Novosti-Armenia reported citing Russian RIA Novosti news agency.
The agreement provides for a comprehensive study of the second unit
before the end of the first quarter of 2015. The study will be used
to prepare a plan of actions for 2015-2016 to extend the operation
of the power unit.
Rosatom said a license for extending the service life of the facility
is expected in 2016. This will be followed by the final stage of the
work, scheduled for completion by 2019.
The agreement provides for major repair and replacement of equipment,
preparation of maintenance documentation and staff training.
"All this measures will enable a safe and secure operation of the
plant at least until 2026," Rosatom said.
The parties agreed also that the project will be financed by a loan
that Russia will provide to Armenia.
The terms of the loan are currently being coordinated by the finance
ministries of the two countries, according to Rosatom.
The Metsamor plant located some 30 kilometers west of Yerevan, 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 the plant's two VVER 440-V230 light-water reactors was
reactivated in 1995. The Armenian government said earlier it wants
to build a new facility that is supposed to operate at twice the
capacity of the Soviet-constructed facility. Metsamor currently
generates some 40 percent of Armenia's electricity. The construction
of the new facility is estimated as much as $5 billion.-0-
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YEREVAN, December 22. / ARKA /. Last Saturday Russia and Armenia
signed an intergovernmental cooperation agreement for extending the
service life of the second unit of the Armenian nuclear power plant,
Rosatom, Russia's state-run Atomic Energy Corporation said on Monday.
The service life of the second unit of the Armenian nuclear power
plant expires in September 2016, but the agreement provides for
extending its operation for 10 years until September 2026.
The agreement was signed by Rosatom chief Sergey Kiriyenko and
Armenian energy and natural resources minister Yervand Zakarian,
Novosti-Armenia reported citing Russian RIA Novosti news agency.
The agreement provides for a comprehensive study of the second unit
before the end of the first quarter of 2015. The study will be used
to prepare a plan of actions for 2015-2016 to extend the operation
of the power unit.
Rosatom said a license for extending the service life of the facility
is expected in 2016. This will be followed by the final stage of the
work, scheduled for completion by 2019.
The agreement provides for major repair and replacement of equipment,
preparation of maintenance documentation and staff training.
"All this measures will enable a safe and secure operation of the
plant at least until 2026," Rosatom said.
The parties agreed also that the project will be financed by a loan
that Russia will provide to Armenia.
The terms of the loan are currently being coordinated by the finance
ministries of the two countries, according to Rosatom.
The Metsamor plant located some 30 kilometers west of Yerevan, 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 the plant's two VVER 440-V230 light-water reactors was
reactivated in 1995. The Armenian government said earlier it wants
to build a new facility that is supposed to operate at twice the
capacity of the Soviet-constructed facility. Metsamor currently
generates some 40 percent of Armenia's electricity. The construction
of the new facility is estimated as much as $5 billion.-0-
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