ARMENIA AND RUSSIA HAVE CONSIDERABLE COMMON EXPERIENCE IN ATOMIC ENERGY SECTOR
Noyan Tapan
Se p 9, 2008
YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 9, NOYAN TAPAN. Issues related to Armenian-Russian
cooperation in the atomic energy sector were discussed during the
September 9 meeting of Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan and the
Director General of Rosatom state corporation (Russia) Sergei Kirienko
who is on a visit to Armenia. According to a press release of the RA
presidential press service, the sides expressed their satisfaction
at the current level of cooperation and the process of the projects
on its development, saying that Armenia and Russia have accumulated
considerable common experience in this sector.
As for the operation of the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant, S. Kirienko
said that it is in an excellent state, with all the conditions for
its reliable and safe operation being ensured.
The interlocutors discussed the opportunities of constructing a new
power unit of the plant and the process of organizing the geological
prospecting of uranium mines in Armenia.