ARMENIAN NPP TO BE STOPPED FOR PLANNED PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE AND REFUELING ON OCTOBER 12

ArmInfo News Agency, Armenia
Oct 2 2007

ArmInfo. The Armenian NPP will be stopped for planned preventive
maintenance and refueling on October 12, 2007, Director General of
ANPP Gagik Markosyan told ArmInfo today.

He said that during this period, it is scheduled to implement a
number of the plant’s safety enhancement measures. Fresh fuel will
be delivered to the NPP within the next few days for refueling,
G. Markosyan said. Over the last two years, the ANPP purchases fuel at
the expense of own incomes and does not receive credits. The Armenian
NPP wastes 90-100 fuel assemblies per annum, and buys so much. Half
of the electric power, generated in the republic, falls on its share.

To note, in September, 2003, the ANPP was handed over the financial
control of "Iter RAO UES" CJSC, being a subsidiary of RAO "UES of
Russia", for a period of five years. Two power units of Russian
model WWER-440 with total capacity of 815 MW are installed at the
Armenian NPP. The first unit was commissioned in 1976, the second one
in 1980. In the beginning, 1989, the NPP was removed from operation
for political reasons. However, the second unit with capacity of 404
MW was restarted in 1995.