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ARMENIAN NUCLEAR POWER PLANT CONNECTED TO NETWORK
Energy Monitor Worldwide
November 20, 2014 Thursday
Armenia's nuclear power plant in Metsamor was re-connected November
18 to the national power grid and resumed production of electricity,
the press service of the ministry of energy and natural resources said.
The facility was brought to a halt on September 27 for an annual
repair to improve its security and for refueling.
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 government 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. But the government has yet to attract funding for the
project that was estimated as much as $5 billion. 2014 Global Data
Point.
Energy Monitor Worldwide
November 20, 2014 Thursday
Armenia's nuclear power plant in Metsamor was re-connected November
18 to the national power grid and resumed production of electricity,
the press service of the ministry of energy and natural resources said.
The facility was brought to a halt on September 27 for an annual
repair to improve its security and for refueling.
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 government 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. But the government has yet to attract funding for the
project that was estimated as much as $5 billion. 2014 Global Data
Point.