ARMENIAN NPP INCREASES POWER GENERATION IN 2009 BY 1,3%
ArmInfo
2010-01-15 14:00:00
ArmInfo. Armenian NPP increased power generation in 2009 by 1,3%
to 2, 493 bln kWh, as compared to 2008, ANPP Director General Gagik
Markosyan told ArmInfo.
According to him, power generation to the country’s energy system over
the reporting period made up 2,290 bln kWh against 2,265 bln kWh in.
S G. Markosyan said, all the scheduled maintenance operations on
safety enhancement and refueling were carried out at the plant in full.
To recall, the Armenian NPP was transferred to the financial control
of "Iter RAO UES" CJSC, being a subsidiary of RAO "UES of Russia",
in September, 2003. Two power units of Russian sample WWER-440 with
total capacity of 815 MW have been installed at ANPP. The first unit
was commissioned in 1976, the second one – in 1980. In the beginning,
1989, the plant was removed from service for political reasons, and
in the beginning, 1995, the NPP’s second unit with capacity of 404
MW was restarted.