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    ITAR-TASS News Agency
    TASS
    July 1, 2004 Thursday

    One killed, 7 injured in explosion at Armenian power station

    By Tigran Liloyan

    YEREVAN

    A worker was killed and seven others received injuries when a tank
    holding sulfuric acid exploded on Wednesday at an Armenian power
    station.

    One of the injured workers is in critical condition, a spokesman for
    the Armenian department for emergency situations told Itar-Tass on
    Thursday. Despite the accident, the Razdan power plant, the biggest
    in Armenia, keeps operating in a routine regime, Nikolai Grigoryan
    said.

    The power station accounts for over 20 percent of electricity
    produced in Armenia. The station was under construction for ten years
    and was commissioned in 1976. In 2002, an agreement was signed under
    which a block of shares of the Razdan power plant goes to Russia to
    settle part of Armenia's debt to Russia.

    The power plant worth 31 million dollars is now governed by the
    International Energy Corporation, which makes part of the Unified
    Energy Systems of Russia power utility.
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