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ARMENIA DOESN'T REJECT EUROATOM LOAN FOR CLOSING NPP
PanARMENIAN.Net
02.10.2007 13:00 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armenia doesn't refuse from a 200 mln euro loan
Euroatom is supposed to grant for closing of the Armenian Nuclear
Power Plant, Lusine Harutyunyan, a spokesperson for the RA Energy
Ministry told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter.
Presently, Armenia is holding talks on the terms, according to her
Earlier, some media with reference to a source in the government
reported that Armenia is going to reject 20 mln euro loan for closing
the only nuclear power plant in the republic.
European Commission's Acting Director for Eastern Europe, South
Caucasus and Central Asia, Mr Gunnar Wiegand said recently in Yerevan
that the EU insists on soonest closing of the ANPP and the Euroatom
is ready to grant a 200 mln euro loan for the purpose.
When in Yerevan, Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs Manouchehr Mottaki
said Iran doesn't exclude the possibility of financing construction
of a new NPP in Armenia.
The Metsamor NPP consists of two blocks. The first was put into
operation in 1976, the second - in 1980. The NPP capacity is 815
megawatt.
After the earthquake in 1988 the USSR government decreed to close
the plant.
In November 1995 the NPP was restarted. It processes 2 bln
kilowatt-hour annually.
PanARMENIAN.Net
02.10.2007 13:00 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armenia doesn't refuse from a 200 mln euro loan
Euroatom is supposed to grant for closing of the Armenian Nuclear
Power Plant, Lusine Harutyunyan, a spokesperson for the RA Energy
Ministry told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter.
Presently, Armenia is holding talks on the terms, according to her
Earlier, some media with reference to a source in the government
reported that Armenia is going to reject 20 mln euro loan for closing
the only nuclear power plant in the republic.
European Commission's Acting Director for Eastern Europe, South
Caucasus and Central Asia, Mr Gunnar Wiegand said recently in Yerevan
that the EU insists on soonest closing of the ANPP and the Euroatom
is ready to grant a 200 mln euro loan for the purpose.
When in Yerevan, Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs Manouchehr Mottaki
said Iran doesn't exclude the possibility of financing construction
of a new NPP in Armenia.
The Metsamor NPP consists of two blocks. The first was put into
operation in 1976, the second - in 1980. The NPP capacity is 815
megawatt.
After the earthquake in 1988 the USSR government decreed to close
the plant.
In November 1995 the NPP was restarted. It processes 2 bln
kilowatt-hour annually.