Scheduled maintenance at Armenian Nuclear Power Plant successfully completed ahead of schedule
YEREVAN, December 1. /ARКА/. The Armenian Nuclear Power Plant (ANPP) was set to perform mid-scheduled maintenance on its turbine units from November 23 to 30, 2025. This process involved the sequential shutdown of the turbine units, as reported by the Armenian Ministry of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure on Monday.
The purpose of the maintenance was to decrease the unit's load to 215 MW of electrical power. The ANPP team executed the maintenance tasks with great diligence and efficiency, enabling them to finish roughly three days ahead of the planned schedule.
By 5:40 PM on November 28, 2025, the unit's capacity had been completely restored. Currently, the unit is functioning at its full thermal capacity of 440 MW, which guarantees stable and uninterrupted power generation.
In November of this year, Mesrop Mesropyan, the Chairman of the Public Services Regulatory Commission (PSRC), revealed that the ANPP would undergo a 5-month shutdown for repairs in 2026, which is 3 months longer than the typical duration for scheduled preventive maintenance (SPM).
The Armenian Nuclear Power Plant, the only one in the South Caucasus region, is located near the town of Metsamor, approximately 30 km west of Yerevan.
The plant is one of the country's main sources of electricity, providing up to 40% of its total output. Its service life has been extended until 2026, and work is underway to renew it for another 10 years.
The new nuclear power plant is planned to be built within 8-10 years. Various options are currently being compared and the experience of partners from Russia, the United States, and South Korea is being studied. -0-
