ARMENIAN NUCLEAR POWER PLANT (ANPP) NEW BLOC TO BE MORE ECONOMICALLY MORE COST-EFFECTIVE

PanARMENIAN.Net
28.10.2009 20:24 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ It’s time to re-evaluate the country’s first
technical resource, Energy and Natural Resources Minister Armen
Movsisyan told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter commenting on the decision
of constructing a new Nuclear Power Plant in Armenia. The exact date
of terminating operation of the old bloc and launching the new one
is not yet specified, he noted.

As regards location of new energy bloc, it will be situated in the
same square as the old construction.

New nuclear power plant will fully comply with international security
and environmental standards and be economically more cost-effective,
Minister said.

In an October 27 session, National Assembly adopted draft law "On
Construction New Nuclear Power Plant in Armenia". The bill passed
in the third reading envisages construction of nuclear power plant
with 1.2 thousand Mwt power. The plant whose construction will cost $
4-5 billion will be handed over for operation for the term of 60 years.

Armenian Nuclear Power Plant (ANPP) is situated in Metsamor (about
30 km. south-west of Yerevan). Launched in 1976, it currently has
one operating bloc with 407.5 Mwt power(2nd bloc). According to
specialists’ estimations, ANPP can operate till 2016.