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NUCLEAR "POWDER KEG" OF THE SOUTH CAUCASUS WILL LAST ANOTHER 5 YEARS
Turan Information Agency, Azerbaijan
June 5, 2014 Thursday
Baku/05.06.14/Turan: The South Caucasus another 5 years will be
"sitting on a powder keg." Yesterday the Armenian commission on
regulation of public services decided to extend the license of CJSC
"Armenian nuclear power plant" until June 10, 2019. In this part
(funding) the Russian side is not yet confirmed.
The Russian media report that of the two units of the first stage (the
second has not been started after the Chernobyl disaster) only one
works, with an annual output of about 2.2 billion kWh of electricity.
Recall, the Armenian government in March this year approved a program
of extending the life of units of the NPP to 2016. In September last
year , Russian President Vladimir Putin said after talks with Armenian
President Serzh Sargsyan there is a possibility of extending the life
of units of the NPP for 10 years - until 2026 with the involvement
of the Russian side of $ 300 million.
ANPP license is issued for 30 years - until September 1, 2016. In 2010,
both countries agreed to build a new nuclear power plant unit with
VVER 1,060 MW capacity , but due to lack of funding, no promotion .
Said power plant commissioned in 1980 and stopped in March 1989 after
the Spitak earthquake in December 1988. Two power stations are equipped
with Russian VVER-440 reactors of the first generation. The first block
is currently stopped. Second unit capacity of 407.5 MW generates an
average of about 40% of all electricity produced in Armenia.
EU insists on the preservation of the station and it is ready to
allocate 200 million euros (data talks Euratom - Armenian Ministry
of Energy, 2007). The problem is the lack of alternative sources and
determining the timing of closure of the station. The Armenian side
believes that they should build a new nuclear power plant with an
estimated value of $ 5 billion. - 17D-
From: Baghdasarian
Turan Information Agency, Azerbaijan
June 5, 2014 Thursday
Baku/05.06.14/Turan: The South Caucasus another 5 years will be
"sitting on a powder keg." Yesterday the Armenian commission on
regulation of public services decided to extend the license of CJSC
"Armenian nuclear power plant" until June 10, 2019. In this part
(funding) the Russian side is not yet confirmed.
The Russian media report that of the two units of the first stage (the
second has not been started after the Chernobyl disaster) only one
works, with an annual output of about 2.2 billion kWh of electricity.
Recall, the Armenian government in March this year approved a program
of extending the life of units of the NPP to 2016. In September last
year , Russian President Vladimir Putin said after talks with Armenian
President Serzh Sargsyan there is a possibility of extending the life
of units of the NPP for 10 years - until 2026 with the involvement
of the Russian side of $ 300 million.
ANPP license is issued for 30 years - until September 1, 2016. In 2010,
both countries agreed to build a new nuclear power plant unit with
VVER 1,060 MW capacity , but due to lack of funding, no promotion .
Said power plant commissioned in 1980 and stopped in March 1989 after
the Spitak earthquake in December 1988. Two power stations are equipped
with Russian VVER-440 reactors of the first generation. The first block
is currently stopped. Second unit capacity of 407.5 MW generates an
average of about 40% of all electricity produced in Armenia.
EU insists on the preservation of the station and it is ready to
allocate 200 million euros (data talks Euratom - Armenian Ministry
of Energy, 2007). The problem is the lack of alternative sources and
determining the timing of closure of the station. The Armenian side
believes that they should build a new nuclear power plant with an
estimated value of $ 5 billion. - 17D-
From: Baghdasarian