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    ADOLF BIRKHOFER: SECURITY LEVEL OF ARMENIAN NUCLEAR POWER PLANT IS QUITE HIGH

    Noyan Tapan
    http://www.nt.am?shownews=1010169
    Dec 2, 2008

    YEREVAN, DECEMBER 2, NOYAN TAPAN. The work done by the Atomic Energy
    Security Council (AESC) under the RA president in the sphere of
    security of the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant (ANPP) enables to keep
    Armenia's energy security at a properly high level, the Armenian
    president Serzh Sargsyan stated at the opening ceremony of the 10th
    sitting of AESC.

    In his words, the proposals and advice of the Council are subjected
    to detailed analysis, and many of them were carried out later. In
    particular, at the Council's suggestion to raise the status of
    Stateatomcontrol - the regulatory body of Armenia's nuclear security,
    this body was reorganized into the State Committee for the Regulation
    of Nuclear Security adjunct to the Armenian government.

    The Chairman of AESC, a leading expert in atomic energy Adolf Birkhofer
    (Germany) told reporters that the security level of Armenia's atomic
    energy is currently much higher than at the time when AESC started
    its activities.

    In his opinion, the security level of ANPP is fully
    comparable with that of the nuclear plants of this type in other
    countries. A. Birkhofer said that the currently operating 2nd power
    unit of ANPP should continue working for 7-8 years, while measures
    to increase its security should be taken for another 3-4 years.

    The Director General of ANPP CJSC Gagik Markosian said that the
    results of the 2007-2008 measures to raise the security of ANPP
    will be discussed at the 10th sitting of AESC. These measures were
    implemented with allocations of a total of more than 10 million USD
    provided by the EU, the U.S, Great Britain and the Czech Republic.

    He announced that during the consultation held at the International
    Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) a week ago with the participation of local,
    Armenian and Russian experts, the directions of increasing ANPP's
    security were chosen, on which 240 million rubles (about 10 million
    USD) allocated by Russian government for this purpose this year will
    be spent. All the proposals of the Armenian side on implementation
    of a 3-year program including 12 projects were taken into account
    at the consultation, and the Armenian side is now waiting for the
    program's approval by IAEA.

    The director general of ANPP CJSC informed those present that last week
    the company announced a tender for seismic studies of the building site
    of ANPP's new power unit. He said that he is in favor of operating
    the current power unit after the end of its planned operation period
    of 30 years - in 2016 if no new power unit is built by that time.

    According to him, there has been a precedent of operating 4 power units
    with this type of reactor for 45 years in Russia, there have also been
    precedents in Europe and the U.S, and the respective experience may
    be used for raising the security of the operating power unit of ANPP.

    The AESC is composed of Russian experts in atomic energy security (3),
    Armenian experts (2), French (2), U.S. (1), Czech (1) and Austrian (1).
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