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ArmInfo.The delegation of the European Union led by the EU Ambassador to Armenia Vassilis Maragos  visited the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant (ANPP).

ArmInfo.The Armenian nuclear power plant will be shut down for scheduled maintenance (PPR) from  May 15, Advisor to the General Director of the ANPP Gera Sevikyan told ArmInfo.

ArmInfo. Azerbaijan is not giving up attempts to "hit" one of the most painful areas of the Armenian energy sector - the Armenian nuclear power plant, which provides a third of all electricity produced in the country at the lowest tariff.

ArmInfo. Prime Minister  of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan participated in the inaugural Nuclear Energy  Summit in Brussels. French President Emmanuel Macron, Belgian Prime Minister Alexandre de Croux, European Commission President Ursula van der Leyen, European Council President Charles Michel, presidents,  prime ministers and representatives of a number of countries also took part in the event, the office of the Armenia's Prime Minister reports.

ArmInfo.Armenia must, within one and a half to two years maximum, decide on the further format for the development of its nuclear energy, General Director of the Rosatom state corporation Alexey Likhachev said in an interview with the Rossiya 24 TV channel.

ArmInfo.Armenia and China are considering cooperation in nuclear energy. Chinese Ambassador to  Armenia Fan Yong visited the Armenian NPP. 

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ArmInfo.Armenia will not give up nuclear energy; this is a requirement of the country's Energy  Security Strategy until 2040. UN National Expert on Energy Ara Marjanyan expressed such a belief in a conversation with the ArmInfo correspondent, commenting on yesterday's statement by RA Prime  Minister Nikol Pashinyan during the live broadcast.

ArmInfo. Next year, the implementation of a program to re- extend the operating life of power unit N2 of the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant will begin.  Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure of the Republic of Armenia Gnel Sanosyan stated on October 31 at the RA NA  Standing Committees discussions on the draft state budget for 2024.

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ArmInfo. Armenia will act in accordance with its interests in the energy sector. Sargis  Khandanyan, head of the Armenian Parliament's Standing Committee on Foreign Relations, stated in a conversation with reporters on October 3.

ArmInfo.At a meeting of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, an appeal was made demanding that  the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) take measures regarding the Metsamor Nuclear Power Plant in Armenia, located 16 km from the borders of Turkey. This was reported by the Turkish Anadolu Agency.

ArmInfo.On September 14, the Government of Armenia approved the Program for extending the   operational life of Unit 2 at Armenian Nuclear Power Plant CJSC and the Plan for organizing and implementing the activities provided for in the plan.  

ArmInfo. The extension of operation of the Armenian NPP is estimated at $150mln, Gera Sevikyan,  Advisor to the Director General of the Armenian NPP, told ArmInfo. 

ArmInfo. Today is the deadline for the 2-month term for the expert opinion by the interagency group for construction of a new nuclear power unit formed under a decision  by Armenia's Premier Nikol Pashinyan. 

ArmInfo. There is no alternative to nuclear energy in Armenia, so the question is the  capacity of the new nuclear power unit. Such an idea became the  cornerstone during the Round Table on the prospects for building a  new nuclear power unit in Armenia, organized on August 5 by an  initiative group of county's power engineers.

ArmInfo. Great work is planned at the Armenian NPP in 2024- 2025, Armenia's Minister of Territorial  Administration and Infrastructure Gnel Sanosyan stated at the 2024 draft budget discussions in Armenia's Parliament. 

ArmInfo. Within the framework of his visit to Armenia, Taras Kupchikov, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Electric Power Council of the Commonwealth of Independent States, visited the ANPP for familiarization purposes. This was reported by the press service of the Armenian NPP.

ArmInfo. Yerevan has not yet made a decision on the construction of a new nuclear power unit of the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant (ANPP) - a nuclear power unit of the Russian-made POI with a capacity of 1200 MW or any other. Chief Executive Director of Armenian Nuclear Power Plant (ANPP) told journalists on July 3.