SCHEDULED OUTAGE AT NPP

News.am
21:09 / 09/28/2009

The scheduled repair at the Metsamor nuclear-power plant (NPP) in
Armenia will last until October 21.

The managing company informed NEWS.am that the NPP was been shut down
for refueling and maintenance on September 5. The source pointed out
that no power supply problems should be expected in Armenia.

The annual energy output of the Metsamor NPP is 2bn kwh. The station
can operate until 2016. Armenia pledged to shut the NPP down by
signing an action plan under the New European Neighborhood program.

Armenia plans to construct a new NPP with a capacity of 1,200 MW
by 2016. The construction project is estimated at US $4bn. Such
investors as the Eurasian Development Bank have been involved in the
project. The WorleyParsons consortium (Australia) won the contest
for the construction of a new NPP in Armenia. The company will design
the new NPP and announce contests for potential investors.