DRAFT STRATEGY OF TAKING ANPP OUT OF SERVICE BEING WORKED OUT

Arminfo
2007-04-12 18:51:00

The strategy on taking the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant out of
service will be submitted to the Armenian Government’s approval in
summer 2007, Areg Galstyan, the Deputy Energy Minister of Armenia,
told ArmInfo correspondent, Thursday.

According to him, at the moment experts are working over the
elaboration of the draft strategy. There are several methods of
taking the ANPP out of service. The most expensive method is the
greenfield site that costs about $240 mln. A.Galstyan added that in
November 2006 the Armenian Government created a special fund for the
temporary closing of the ANPP. The fund is replenished with the ANPP
funds, however, an attraction of donor funds is not ruled out either,
the Deputy Minister noted. He added that the Government is going to
take all the steps to construct a new nuclear power unit.

To note, in September 2003 the ANPP was handed over to the financial
management of the "Inter RAO UES" CJSC, a branch of the RAO "UES of
Russia" for five years. Two power units with a total capacity of 815
MW are installed at the ANPP. The first unit was put into operation in
1976, the second one – in 1980. In 1989 the operation of both units
was stopped for political reasons. In November 1995 the second 408
MW unit was re-launched.