RA ENERGY MINISTER: SERIOUS WORK LAUNCHED IN ARMENIA FOR SEARCH OF URANIUM DEPOSITS

Yerevan, February 6. ArmInfo. A serious work has been launched in
Armenia for the search of uranium deposits, RA Energy Minister,
Armen Movsisyan, said in the National Assembly.

According to him, the uranium is necessary for the Republic to provide
the Armenian NPP with a required volume of fuel. It is necessary
to annually acquire about 150 tons of nuclear fuel for the needs
of ANPP. Presently, there are all the necessary backgrounds in the
country to solve not only this problem but the problem of the uranium
export as well. Implementation of this project will allow to reduce
the dependence of the Armenian energy on supplies of this kind of
fuel several times. As Movsisyan noted, today Russia experiences a
deficit of uranium of about 6,000 tons, the other states have also
faced this problem. Armenia, the Minister stressed, is one of the
few countries of the world which have an excess of uranium. At that,
he said, it is not a question of the uranium processing in Armenia. It
will be sent for processing to the states with a relevant experience.

The implementation of this project will create a necessity of
building a new NPP in Armenia, meeting all the world standards by
its parameters.