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  • Spent fuel from Armyanskaya NPP to be stored in Armenia

    Russia & CIS Energy Newswire
    December 6, 2007 Thursday 9:22 PM MSK



    Spent fuel from Armyanskaya NPP to be stored in Armenia

    YEREVAN Dec 6


    Armenia is planning to store spent fuel from the Armyanskaya nuclear
    power plant on its own territory, Armenian Energy Minister Armen
    Movsisyan said, presenting a strategy for the plant's shutdown on
    Thursday.

    A "dry" nuclear waste storage facility has already been built and two
    more will be built in future, he said.

    At the same time, Movsisyan did not rule out possible deliveries of
    spent nuclear fuel to Russia for disposal as an alternative option.

    Under the strategy approved by the Armenian government, the
    Armyanskaya NPP is due to be shut by 2043. An estimated cost of the
    project is 238.75 million euros, of which 52.5 million will be used
    to build a radioactive waste burial site.
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