ARMENIA TO SET UP NUCLEAR SAFETY CONTROL AGENCY

Interfax News Agency July 17 2008
Russia

The Armenian government has approved a plan to form a state
nuclear safety committee to ensure the country’s compliance with
the Convention on Nuclear Safety, the government press service told
Interfax on Thursday.

The committee will be in charge of state regulation of the use of
nuclear energy, work out safety regulations, draft relevant bills,
and issue licenses to managers working in this sector, Deputy Nature
Conservation Minister Simon Papyan told the cabinet.

The state committee will have a nuclear safety and radiation safety
department, and six divisions to deal with technical, general,
finance, nuclear safety, international cooperation, legal and human
resources issues.