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RUSSIA TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO ARMENIA FOR EXTENDING NUKE STATION SERVICE LIFE - LAVROV
YEREVAN, April 8. /ARKA/. Russia will provide financial assistance
to Armenia for extending the service life of the Armenian Nuclear
Power Plant, Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov said, as cited
by RIA Novosti.
Russia and Armenia are expect to cooperate on the matter, particularly
financial assistance will be provided on the service life extension
project, Lavrov said at a joint press conference with Armenia's
foreign minister Edward Nalbandyan after the talks.
Earlier Russia and Armenia signed an intergovernmental agreement
to extend the service life of the current second power unit at the
Armenian NPP for another 10 years (till 2026). The sides agreed that
the extension works will be funded from a Russian loan. At the end
of 2014, Russia's government approved $270 million loan for 15 years
for the extension. The start of the works is scheduled for 2017.
The Armenian NPP 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 November 1995 due to an acute energy crisis. According
to experts, the nuke station can operate safely, yet the EU has been
insisting on shutdown for the last years. -0--
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YEREVAN, April 8. /ARKA/. Russia will provide financial assistance
to Armenia for extending the service life of the Armenian Nuclear
Power Plant, Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov said, as cited
by RIA Novosti.
Russia and Armenia are expect to cooperate on the matter, particularly
financial assistance will be provided on the service life extension
project, Lavrov said at a joint press conference with Armenia's
foreign minister Edward Nalbandyan after the talks.
Earlier Russia and Armenia signed an intergovernmental agreement
to extend the service life of the current second power unit at the
Armenian NPP for another 10 years (till 2026). The sides agreed that
the extension works will be funded from a Russian loan. At the end
of 2014, Russia's government approved $270 million loan for 15 years
for the extension. The start of the works is scheduled for 2017.
The Armenian NPP 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 November 1995 due to an acute energy crisis. According
to experts, the nuke station can operate safely, yet the EU has been
insisting on shutdown for the last years. -0--
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