IAEA EXPERTS IN ARMENIA, NO REASON FOR CONCERN – MINISTER
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May 20, 2011 | 16:36
YEREVAN. – The Armenian NPP is operating normally, there is no reason
for concern, said Armen Movsisyan, Armenian Minister of Energy and
Natural Resources.
He said that OSART experts, working under the auspices of International
Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), are monitoring technical conditions of
the Armenian NPP. Working group has arrived in Armenia to monitor
security of Metsamor nuclear power plant.
“It is a scheduled inspection. It is conducted regularly,” Movsisyan
told journalists.
Last week Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan said after an
accident at Fukushima Armenia revalued security level of the Metsamor
NPP and is ready to receive experts of International Atomic Energy
Agency (IAEA).
“Energy Minister and all the departments were instructed to revise
security rules taking into account events in Japan,” he said in an
interview with RFE/RL.
As Armenian News-NEWS.am reported earlier, last month Ashot
Martirosyan, Head of the Nuclear Safety Committee, Government
of Armenia, said that after the Fukushima nuclear accidents, EU
member-states have been offered to conduct serious safety tests at
their NPPs.