Armenian premier rates highly cooperation with IAEA
10.06.2015,
19:01
Armenian Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan rated highly the country's relations with International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) as received Wednesday IAEA Regulatory Authority Monitoring Mission Head Hans Vanner.
YEREVAN, June 10. /ARKA/. Armenian Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan rated highly the country's relations with International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) as received Wednesday IAEA Regulatory Authority Monitoring Mission Head Hans Vanner.
He is quoted by the Armenian government’s press office as saying that Armenia is committed to its obligations assumed under international agreements, simultaneously improving the national laws related to nuclear safety.
The premier said that the safety of the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant operation is always among the government’s top-priority focuses and the government will continue cooperating with the IAEA on this issue.
Hans Vanner, in return, thanked the Prime Minister for reception and stressed the importance for the government to consistently perform Armenia’s obligations undertaken in this area.
Abrahamyan and Vanner discussed issues related to the expansion of cooperation in the field of nuclear safety.
Mr. Vanner presented the findings and recommendations of his mission regarding the safety regulations associated with the use of nuclear energy in Armenia and the continued compliance with safety standards.
The importance of the measures being taken for enhancing Armenia's nuclear power plant's safety was stressed at the meeting.
The Metsamor Plant (the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant) located some 30 kilometers west of Yerevan, 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 the plant’s two VVER 440-V230 light-water reactors was reactivated in 1995. The government wants to build a new facility that is supposed to operate at twice the capacity of the Soviet-constructed facility. Metsamor currently generates some 40 percent of Armenia's electricity. But the government has yet to attract funding for the project that was estimated as much as $5 billion. ---0----
He is quoted by the Armenian government’s press office as saying that Armenia is committed to its obligations assumed under international agreements, simultaneously improving the national laws related to nuclear safety.
The premier said that the safety of the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant operation is always among the government’s top-priority focuses and the government will continue cooperating with the IAEA on this issue.
Hans Vanner, in return, thanked the Prime Minister for reception and stressed the importance for the government to consistently perform Armenia’s obligations undertaken in this area.
Abrahamyan and Vanner discussed issues related to the expansion of cooperation in the field of nuclear safety.
Mr. Vanner presented the findings and recommendations of his mission regarding the safety regulations associated with the use of nuclear energy in Armenia and the continued compliance with safety standards.
The importance of the measures being taken for enhancing Armenia's nuclear power plant's safety was stressed at the meeting.
The Metsamor Plant (the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant) located some 30 kilometers west of Yerevan, 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 the plant’s two VVER 440-V230 light-water reactors was reactivated in 1995. The government wants to build a new facility that is supposed to operate at twice the capacity of the Soviet-constructed facility. Metsamor currently generates some 40 percent of Armenia's electricity. But the government has yet to attract funding for the project that was estimated as much as $5 billion. ---0----
