ArmInfo. Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructures of the Republic of Armenia Gnel Sanosyan received the delegation of "Rosatom" headed by Olenin Yuri, Deputy Director for Science and Strategy of Rosatom, Chairman of the Board of Directors of TVEL JSC. This was reported by the press service of the ministry.
According to the source, welcoming the guests, the minister, stressed the importance of cooperation with Rosatom. During the meeting, a number of issues related to the construction of a new power unit of the nuclear power plant were discussed.
Earlier, Gera Sevikyan, advisor to the general director of "Armenian NPP" CJSC, stated in a conversation with the ArmInfo correspondent that Russia will present Armenia with three options for the construction of a new nuclear power unit, of which, according to Armenian specialists, VVER TOI is the most preferred one, but the final decision will be made after all three options are received and studied. According to Sevikyan, the issue of building a new nuclear power plant is fixed in the Strategy for the Development of Domestic Energy. "It is obvious that nuclear energy is undoubtedly a necessity.The construction of a new unitlasts about 10-11 years, and if the unit of the existing station is stopped in the interval, it means the loss of all available potential, including specialists. For this reason, the task is to extend the operating life of the existing power unit until 2036", the adviser to the general director emphasized, adding that in order to implement the task, the extension concept has already been developed, which was discussed and received a positive assessment.
