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ARMENIA STOPS NUCLEAR POWER PLANT FOR PLANNED REPAIRS
By Tigran Liloyan
ITAR-TASS News Agency
TASS
Yerevan, October 1
The Armenian nuclear power plant was stopped on Saturday for planned
repairs and fuel reloading that will last a month and a half.
The plant, commissioned in 1979, was stopped in 1989 after a
devastating earthquake. After modernisation in 1996 with the help of
Russian specialists, its unit No. 2 resumed operation.
The plant generates about 40 percent of all electricity in Armenia.
The European Union insists that the plant, located 40 kilometres
west of Yerevan, be closed down. However Armenian authorities say
this can be possible only if there is alternative source of energy.
The plant has been under the financial management of the United Energy
System of Russia since 2003.
By Tigran Liloyan
ITAR-TASS News Agency
TASS
Yerevan, October 1
The Armenian nuclear power plant was stopped on Saturday for planned
repairs and fuel reloading that will last a month and a half.
The plant, commissioned in 1979, was stopped in 1989 after a
devastating earthquake. After modernisation in 1996 with the help of
Russian specialists, its unit No. 2 resumed operation.
The plant generates about 40 percent of all electricity in Armenia.
The European Union insists that the plant, located 40 kilometres
west of Yerevan, be closed down. However Armenian authorities say
this can be possible only if there is alternative source of energy.
The plant has been under the financial management of the United Energy
System of Russia since 2003.