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ARMENIAN ENERGY MINISTER AND ROSATOM CHIEF TO DISCUSS EXTENSION OF ARMENIAN NPP SERVICE LIFE
YEREVAN, October 14. / ARKA /. Armenian Minister of Energy and Natural
Resources Yervand Zakarian will meet with the head of Russia's state
nuclear agency Rosatom, Sergei Kiriyenko, to discuss a string of
issues related to construction of a new power unit for the Armenian
nuclear power plant, the press service of the Armenian ministry said.
It said the meeting will be held on the sidelines of the World Nuclear
Exhibition, to be held October 14-16 in Paris.
The Armenian ministry said Zakaryan and Kiriyenko will discuss the
possibilities of cooperation in extending the service life of the
Armenian NPP.
The exhibition is expected to be attended by about 500 companies and
experts in the field of nuclear energy. It will feature the latest
equipment and technology trends in construction of new nuclear power
plants, their safe operation, transportation and storage of spent
fuel and personnel retraining.
Earlier the minister said a major repair of the Armenian nuclear power
plant estimated to cost around $300 million is scheduled to start in
2017 in order to extend its service life until 2026.
On March 27 the Armenian government decided to extend the life service
of the facility for ten years due to delays in the construction of
a new nuclear reactor.
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.-0-
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YEREVAN, October 14. / ARKA /. Armenian Minister of Energy and Natural
Resources Yervand Zakarian will meet with the head of Russia's state
nuclear agency Rosatom, Sergei Kiriyenko, to discuss a string of
issues related to construction of a new power unit for the Armenian
nuclear power plant, the press service of the Armenian ministry said.
It said the meeting will be held on the sidelines of the World Nuclear
Exhibition, to be held October 14-16 in Paris.
The Armenian ministry said Zakaryan and Kiriyenko will discuss the
possibilities of cooperation in extending the service life of the
Armenian NPP.
The exhibition is expected to be attended by about 500 companies and
experts in the field of nuclear energy. It will feature the latest
equipment and technology trends in construction of new nuclear power
plants, their safe operation, transportation and storage of spent
fuel and personnel retraining.
Earlier the minister said a major repair of the Armenian nuclear power
plant estimated to cost around $300 million is scheduled to start in
2017 in order to extend its service life until 2026.
On March 27 the Armenian government decided to extend the life service
of the facility for ten years due to delays in the construction of
a new nuclear reactor.
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.-0-
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