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ArmInfo. The second unit of the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant will resume supplying electricity to the electric power network of Armenia from mid-September of this  year. This was announced on August 30 by Ashot Martirosyan, Chairman  of the State Committee for Regulation of Nuclear Safety under the  Government of Armenia, at a meeting with reporters.  

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ArmInfo.  The continuation of  nuclear energy generation in Armenia after 2026 depends on the  political will and the correct calculation by our authorities of the  current situation and, above all, prospects. A similar opinion was  expressed to ArmInfo by UN expert on energy issues Ara Marjanyan.

ArmInfo. Modernization and re-equipment of the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant (ANPP) should be carried out properly and in accordance with the established schedule. This was announced by Deputy Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure of the Republic of Armenia Hakob Vardanyan during his visit to the station.

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ArmInfo.The export of electricity to the markets of the Middle East through the infrastructures of Iran has all the prospects to become a key component of the geo-economic strategy of Armenia in the long term. Energy security expert Vahe  Davtyan expressed this opinion to ArmInfo 

ArmInfo. From May 20 to 29, the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant (ANPP) is scheduled to conduct a corporate peer review by the Moscow Center of the World Association  of NPP Operators (WANO).

ArmInfo.The implementation of the modernization program of the second power unit of the Armenian nuclear power plant will lead to an increase in plant capacity by  10%. On this April 18 from the rostrum of the parliament said the  acting Minister of Energy Infrastructures and Natural Resources of  the Republic of Armenia Garegin Baghramyan.

ArmInfo.The lack of doctrinal management is today the main problem of the Armenian energy industry. The only conceptual document on the basis of which the republic's  energy policy is implemented is the concept of energy security of  Armenia, approved in 2011.  

ArmInfo. The Armenian Research Institute "Armatom" completed the production of two sets of the third generation industrial anti-seismic protection system  for the  Armenian nuclear power plant on time, General Director of the  Scientific Research Institute, Doctor of Technical Sciences,  Professor Vagram Petrosyan stated in a conversation with the  ArmInfo  correspondent. 

ArmInfo.The role of the Armenian nuclear power plant for the energy system of Armenia and the entire socio-economic life of the republic is very large. On March  20, during a panel discussion "Prospects for Development Atomic  Industry in Armenia" on UN National Energy Expert Ara Marjanyan  stated.

ArmInfo. The first step has been taken to implement a pilot project for the removal of spent nuclear fuel from the Armenian nuclear power plant. Deputy Director  General of the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant Gera Sevikyan told about  this in a conversation with the ArmInfo correspondent. 

ArmInfo. When implementing the project to extend the life of the second power unit of the Armenian NPP, contracts were signed for the supply of equipment in the amount  of $ 205 million. Deputy Director General of the ANPP, director of  the extension program Gera Sevikyan told about this in an interview  with the ArmInfo correspondent. 

ArmInfo.A series of meetings were held at the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant with the participation of representatives of OKB "GIDROPRESS" JSC.

ArmInfo.Schneider Electric Corporation donated to the Armenian NPP equipment  for test operation. The transfer ceremony, which took place the day before,  was attended by the Director of Schneider Electric Representation in  Armenia Avetik Kalantaryan and General Director of the NPP Movses  Vardanyan.

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ArmInfo.The Armenian government at its meeting on January 10 approved the program of events for 2019-2026 on the implementation of the concept of safe  management of radioactive waste (RW) and spent nuclear fuel (SNF).

ArmInfo.December 22 is the Day of Energy in Armenia.  This year it coincided with half a centuryanniversary of the Armenian nuclear energy. Correspondent  tells about the achievements and problems that Armenian energy  industry has faced today. ArmInfo President of the Union of Nuclear  Power Veterans of Armenia, in 1993-2002, General Director of the  Armenian Nuclear Power Plant Suren AzatyanOur share, says Suren  Grantovich, had a happy fate in the creation and development of the  country's nuclear power industry.

ArmInfo.The proposal of the Turkish MP about the need to conduct research at the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant has political reasons, there are no technical  problems at the plant, General Director of the Armenian Nuclear Power  Plant Movses Vardanyan stated in an interview with ArmInfo.