Armenian leader signs law on building depot for spent nuclear fuel

Arminfo
20 Jun 05

Yerevan, 20 June: Armenian President Robert Kocharyan signed a law on
18 June allowing the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant to build a depot for
spent nuclear fuel, the presidential press office has reported.

The depot is designed to store spent nuclear fuel for 50 years, then
the depot will be inspected. Used nuclear fuel loses 70 per cent of
its radioactivity in the first few years, but fully only over 130
years. The construction is expected to cost 10m euros.

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