Armenian NPP resumes operation after planned repair and refueling

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11.11.2013, 19:18

Armenian nuclear power plant has resumed production of electricity yesterday, Lusine Harutyunyan, spokeswoman of the ministry of energy and natural resources told ARKA.

Armenian NPP resumes operation after planned repair and refueling

YEREVAN, November 11. / ARKA /. Armenian nuclear power plant has resumed production of electricity yesterday, Lusine Harutyunyan, spokeswoman of the ministry of energy and natural resources told ARKA.

The plant was brought to a 54-day halt on September 22 for planned repair, refueling and improvement of its safe operation. The shortage of electricity was covered by swap supplies from neighboring Iran

The Metsamor plant, which accounts for about 40 percent of Armenia's electricity, is located some 30 kilometers west of Yerevan. It was built in the 1970s but was closed following a devastating earthquake in 1988 that killed some 25,000 people and devastated much of northern Armenia.

One of its two VVER 440-V230 light-water reactors was reactivated in 1995. Armenian authorities said they will build a new nuclear power plant to replace the aging Metsamor plant. The new plant is supposed to operate at twice the capacity of the Soviet-constructed facility. -0-

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