ARMENIAN NPP’S TEMPORARY SHUTDOWN TO HAVE NO IMPACT ON POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM
ARKA
Sep 16, 2008
YEREVAN, September 16. /ARKA/. Armenia’s power supply system will
not suffer from the temporary shutdown of the country’s nuclear power
packaget, reported Gagik Markosyan, director of Armenian NPP.
The major repairs will take 85 days. Armenia’s NPP has been operating
properly since it was last repaired in 1995, according to Markosyan.
This year specialists will check all the pipes and wash the steam
generator to guarantee the safety of NPP. Some six years ago major
repairs of the NPP took 90-120 days, depending on what kind of problem
the power generating unit had.
NPP will be supplied with fuel soon, Markosyan said.
The only operating unit with a Russian nuclear reactor generates
about 50% of Armenia’s electric power.
In the coming five years, the Armenia NPP will be under the trust
management of the INTER RAO UES CJSC. According to specialists,
the Armenian NPP in Metsamor can operate until 2016.