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MAJOR BREAKDOWN OCCURS IN ARMENIA'S ENERGY SYSTEM
ARKA News Agency, Armenia
July 14 2006
YEREVAN, July 14. /ARKA/. Armenian Nuclear Power Plant was cut off
from the country's energy system Friday morning, Ashot Martirosyan,
Chief of State Inspection on Supervising Atomic Energy and Radiation
Security, said, as Novosti-Armenia News agency reports. He confirmed
that a major breakdown occurred today in Armenia's energy system,
after which many consumers were cut off electric power. Martirosyan
excluded nuclear safety norms violation.
"It is not clear yet whether Armenian Nuclear Power Plant switched
off because of breakdown or the breakdown was caused by the plan's
cut off from the system. The no final idea about causes so far,
but the incident is under intense scrutiny now", he said.
Martirosyan said the plant worked in normal regime and safety
conditions are normal. However, automatic safety system operated and
the plant was switched off.
He didn't exclude the plant cutoff from electricity generation system
as presumable cause of what happened.
Some Yerevan's banks and large-scale establishments remained without
electric power today and halt their work temporarily.
Armenian Electric Network CJSC possesses no information about when
power supply in Yerevan will be restored.
Armenian Nuclear Power Plant was put into exploitation in 1976. Today
the second 407.5-megawatt block of the plant operates. Specialists
say the plant can be functional till 2016. M.V.-0---
ARKA News Agency, Armenia
July 14 2006
YEREVAN, July 14. /ARKA/. Armenian Nuclear Power Plant was cut off
from the country's energy system Friday morning, Ashot Martirosyan,
Chief of State Inspection on Supervising Atomic Energy and Radiation
Security, said, as Novosti-Armenia News agency reports. He confirmed
that a major breakdown occurred today in Armenia's energy system,
after which many consumers were cut off electric power. Martirosyan
excluded nuclear safety norms violation.
"It is not clear yet whether Armenian Nuclear Power Plant switched
off because of breakdown or the breakdown was caused by the plan's
cut off from the system. The no final idea about causes so far,
but the incident is under intense scrutiny now", he said.
Martirosyan said the plant worked in normal regime and safety
conditions are normal. However, automatic safety system operated and
the plant was switched off.
He didn't exclude the plant cutoff from electricity generation system
as presumable cause of what happened.
Some Yerevan's banks and large-scale establishments remained without
electric power today and halt their work temporarily.
Armenian Electric Network CJSC possesses no information about when
power supply in Yerevan will be restored.
Armenian Nuclear Power Plant was put into exploitation in 1976. Today
the second 407.5-megawatt block of the plant operates. Specialists
say the plant can be functional till 2016. M.V.-0---