Pashinyan, Likhachev discuss construction of new nuclear power unit  in Armenia

ArmInfo.On May 2, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan received Aleksey Likhachev, Rusia's Rosatom State  Nuclear Energy Corporation General Director. 

According to the press service of the Prime Minister, Pashinyan noted  the importance of cooperation between the RA government and the  Rosatom corporation, within the framework of which a number of joint  projects are being successfully implemented. Referring to the  partnership in the field of nuclear energy, Nikol Pashinyan noted the  role of Rosatom in extending the life of the second power unit of the  Armenian NPP.

Aleksey Likhachev, in turn, described working with Armenian partners  as "productive" and said that Rosatom is interested to continue the  mutually beneficial partnership.  The interlocutors, in the context  of bilateral cooperation, discussed current programs and prospects  for new initiatives. The work on extending the life of the second  power unit of the Armenian NPP was touched upon.

An exchange of views took place on the construction of a new nuclear  power unit in Armenia, possible cooperation in the field of nuclear  medicine, as well as partnership on the issue of hazardous waste  neutralization of NairitFactory.