  Ashot Martirosyan: operation of Metsamor NPP is safe July 29, 2010 - 15:37 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - On July 29, Chairman of the State Nuclear Regulatory Committee Ashot Martirosyan said that international experts of IAEA and other organizations will be on a visit to Armenia on August 2-6 to study the platform of the Metsamor Nuclear Power Plant (NPP). Results of studies carried out by Armenian experts for several years will be provided to their international colleagues, Martirosyan told a press conference in Yerevan. “Upon completion of the materials study, the international experts will make an official statement,” noted Ashot Martirosyan. He stressed that, according to the previous conclusion of experts, the NPP’s operating energy unit is completely safe. Besides, it is under permanent control of both Armenian and international organizations. Martirosyan also said that Armenia should submit a report on the NPP’s safety for three years. “The previous report submitted in 2007 was approved by American and European experts,” he noted. Martirosyan stressed that $80mln has been spent for the NPP’s safety since 1990. According to him, this is not the upper limit, as works are continuously carried out to strengthen the operating energy unit’s safety. Besides, active works are implemented to launch a new energy unit, said Martirosyan   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 |  Latest news Russia provides info about arrested Armenian ex-MP  Russian law enforcement agencies have provided information about the arrest of Tigran Urikhanyan.Lemkin Institue slams Pashinyan's “cryptic engagement with Genocide denial” The Lemkin Institute is alarmed over Pashinyan’s statements “questioning Armenia's legal basis to pursue justice against Turkey”.41 detained as antigovernment protests continue in Yerevan 41 people were detained in Yerevan as people demanding Pashinian’s resignation stage campaigns of civil disobedience.Armenia votes for UN resolution granting Palestine new rights The U.N. General Assembly voted by a wide margin on May 10 to grant new “rights and privileges” to Palestine. |
