  BUILDING A NEW NUCLEAR POWER PLANT WILL COST A MILLIARD DOLLARSJune 29, 2001 - 17:56 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - . One milliard dollars are required for building a new nuclear power plant with an outturn of 500 MW. Minister of Energy of RA Karen Galustian has declared this to the journalists. According to him, the opportunity of building a new atomic power station fitting the international standards is being considered in case of closing the Armenian A-plant. He noted that the European Union had expressed readiness to invest 100 million dollars for creating alternative power in Armenia. K. Galustian told there had been suggestions to establish a special fund for solving the problem, the first contribution to which would be made by EU.  Top stories President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg. The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh.   Partner news |  Latest news EU to provide budgetary support to Armenia  The agreement is aimed at increasing the competitiveness of the educational system of Armenia.Aliyev: No peace treaty unless Armenia changes constitution Azerbaijan will not sign a peace treaty with Armenia unless the latter changes its constitution, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said.Azerbaijan proposes Armenia to jointly seek cancelation of Minak Group The Azerbaijani President maintained that the move will show “how sincere Armenia is.”Seven injured in massive gas station explosion in Armenia The Investigative Committee of Armenia has unveiled details about a massive explosion at a gas station on the Yerevan-Sevan highway. |
