ARMENIAN PRESIDENT: ARMENIA HOPES CONSTRUCTION OF THE FIFTH ENERGY BLOCK OF RAZDAN POWER PLANT TO END IN THE FIRST HALF-YEAR 2010

ArmInfo
2008-12-02 16:27:00

Arminfo. Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan said at today’s sitting
of Presidential Atomic Energy Council that Armenia hopes construction
of the fifth energy block of Razdan power plant will end in the first
half-year 2010.

He also added construction of the new block with a capacity 270
megawatt has been started at Yerevan power plant. This project is just
the first step of the programme directed to full upgrading of the
power capacities which are won out and outdated. Several important
decisions were made in the sphere of nuclear energy. In particular,
Armenian Energy and Natural Resources activity programme was endorsed
in November 2007. The programme was drawn out taking into consideration
national security strategy of the country. It stipulates construction
of the new nuclear power block in the republic. The project gained the
status of the priority national project and actions have been already
implemented in this direction. Armenia has initiated the process of
joining the project setting up of international uranium enrichment
centre in Angarsk. In October 2008 Armenia signed the agreement of
‘Universal partnership in nuclear energy’.