Armenian firm wins Metsamor NPP repair tender for first time everSeptember 17, 2021 - 18:42 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - An Armenian company has for the first time won a large tender within the modernization project of the Metsamor nuclear power plant, Sputnik Armenia reports. The Armenian NPP celebrates the 55th anniversary of its establishment this year, after the USSR Council of Ministers made a decision to build the first nuclear power plant in the Caucasus more than half a century ago. The plant produces more than a third of all electricity consumed in the country. An Armenian company called M Group will repair the cooling towers, which are 100 meters high and the same in diameter, while Rusatom Service will control the process. The overhaul should be completed by the end of the year. As a result, the plant's capacity will increase from 390 to 440 megawatts, and its safety will remain at the proper level: it is expected that the country's Nuclear Safety Committee will allow to extend the life of the plant until 2026. "After the modernization is completed, it will actually be a new plant. According to the estimates of Rosatom specialists and the calculations of OKB Gidropress, the Armenian NPP can be operated until 2036," said Rusatom Service CEO Yevgeny Salkov. Top stories Yerevan has dismissed Turkey’s demand to shut down the Armenian nuclear power plant as “inappropriate”. Armenia will loan 2.9 billion drams to Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh), according to a draft government decision. The Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Azerbaijan has “strongly condemned” Armenia’s decision. Kerobyan has said that for the first time in the history of Armenia, the volume of foreign direct investments amounted to about $1 billion. Partner news | Scholz hopes Armenia-Azerbaijan peace treaty will be signed this year German Chancellor Olaf Scholz hopes that a peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan will be signed this year. Ucom equips four bus stops in Ijevan with free Wi-Fi Ucom now provides free Wi-Fi coverage in smart bus stops in four communities of Ijevan. Armenians stage more campaigns against territorial concessions to Azerbaijan Protesters blocked more roads across Armenia on Friday, April 26 in continuing attempts to scuttle territorial concessions to Azerbaijan. Czech-Armenian military cooperation discussed in Yerevan A delegation led by the Director General for the Industrial Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic visited Armenia. |