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ArmInfo.Within the period of 21-25 February an IAEA Expert Mission on the Nuclear Security Culture Self-Assessment was held at the Armenian NPP with the assistance of the RA Committee for Nuclear Safety Regulation.    As the official website of the ANPP reports, the objective of the  mission was the familiarization with the results of the security  culture self-assessment conducted at the ANPP. The self-assessment  was included in the RA Plan of activities aimed at enhancement of the nuclear security in compliance with the IAEA Integrated Nuclear Security Support Plan (INSSP).  

ArmInfo.U.S. Deputy Ambassador to Armenia Chip Laitinen visited the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant this week and learned about the critical role it plays to  power the country. This is stated on the official Facebook page of  the US Embassy in Armenia.

ArmInfo.The Armenian nuclear-power plant (NPP) has taken out another loan, AMD 6bln ($12,516,609 at the current exchange rate), from the government to  repay and serve the loans previously received for extending the NPP  operation. 

ArmInfo.Within December 13-17, 2021 upon the invitation of <Skoda JS> company Eduard Martirosyan, <HAEK> CJSC General Director, and Movses Vardanyan, As the official website of the ANPP reports, First Deputy General Director- ANPP Director  visited the Czech Republic.

ArmInfo.The second reactor of the Armenian nuclear power plant (NPP) will be connected to Armenia`s power grid on November 17. This is the longest and most important planned maintenance. In an interview with ArmInfo, Ashot Martirosyan,  Chairman of the Nuclear Safety Committee, RA Government, told about  the work to extend the Armenian NPP`s operation life until 2026. 

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ArmInfo.On October 17, 2021 following outage-2021 the ANPP Unit 2 was started and connected to the RA unified power grid, the press service of the ANPP reports.   According to the source, employees of almost all the subdivisions of  the Armenian NPP, as well as about 600 specialists from Russia,  Belarus, Ukraine, Croatia, Czech Republic, Slovakia and other  countries participated in the activities.

ArmInfo.Within the framework of the international forum "Russian Energy Week", Deputy Prime Minister of Armenia Suren Papikyan met with Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Alexander Novak and Director General of Rosatom  State Corporation Alexey Likhachev.  

ArmInfo.The "Rosatom" State Corporation and the government of Armenia are developing a memorandum on the construction of a new nuclear power plant in the country. Project manager of the "Rusatom Service" JSC Yuri Sviridenko announced at a  recent round table on energy.

ArmInfo. Minister of Territorial Administration  and Infrastructures Gnel Sanosyan invited British investors to  implement infrastructure projects in Armenia. The head of the  department said this at a today's meeting with the British Ambassador  to Armenia John Gallagher.

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ArmInfo. Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructures of Armenia Gnel Sanosyan paid a familiarization visit to the Armenian NPP in Metsamor.

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ArmInfo. Head of the Hayastan (Armenia) bloc, RA second president, Robert Kocharian, on June 14, during a meeting with voters in Metsamor, Armavir region, spoke about Armenia's energy prospects and assured that everything would be done  to extend the life of the Armenian NPP.

ArmInfo.The Armenian and Russian sides will soon start discussing the issue of the extension of service life of the Armenian nuclear power plant until 2031. Deputy Minister of Territorial Administration of the Republic of Armenia Hakob Vardanyan  announced this in the parliament. The 

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ArmInfo.At this stage, conversations and discussions around the construction of a new  nuclear power plant in Armenia do not go beyond the framework of  table toasts, Vahe Davtyan, an expert in the field of energy  security, Doctor of Political Sciences expressed a similar opinion to  ArmInfo, commenting on the possibility of building a new nuclear  power plant in Armenia, voiced by Prime Minister Pashinyan at a  meeting with Russian President Putin.