On Thursday, June 13, Deputy Prime Minister of Armenia Mher Grigoryan met with Kirill Komarov, First Deputy Director General of the State Corporation Rosatom and Director of the Development and International Business Unit.
According to the government's press service, the parties discussed programs being implemented in Armenia in cooperation with Rosatom during the meeting.
Earlier, BMG reported, Armenia has decided to extend the operation period of its nuclear power plant until 2036.
The Armenian NPP is the only nuclear power plant in the region, built during the Soviet era on the territory of Armenia near the city of Metsamor. It consists of two power units with VVER-440 reactors. The installed thermal capacity of one unit is 1375 MW, the electric capacity is 440 MW.
The operation and maintenance of the NPP are handled by the company "Rosatom." The nuclear fuel for the NPP is uranium, also imported from Russia. In Armenia, there is currently a discussion about the option of building a new NPP not based on Russian, but on Western modular technologies. It is not yet known which option the Government of Armenia will choose.
