Armavir
15:36 May 12, 2011 | Nuclear Energy | Armavir
Armenian energy minister: Safety system of Armenian Nuclear Power Plant (ANPP) allows to absolutely rule out possibility of repeating the Fukushima tragedyThe safety system of Armenian Nuclear Power Plant [ANPP] allows to absolutely rule out possibility of repeating the Fukushima tragedy, Armenian Energy Minister Armen Movsisyan said in the parliament on 11 May.
13:31 April 29, 2011 | Nuclear Energy | Armavir
Burying Radioactive Wastes in Territory of Armenian Nuclear Power Plant Jeopardizes Ararat ValleyUnderground waters run under the territory of the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant and flow into Ararat Valley over the fracture. This drinking water is of high quality. As a result of snow melting their level increases, then lowers down. When their level is high, radioactive pollution risks also get high.”
13:28 April 27, 2011 | Biodiversity | Armavir | Kotayk
Zoos DyingZoo animals in Hrazdan Town are starving. Only 40 animals have remained out of 80.
15:06 April 26, 2011 | Officials | Ararat | Armavir
Nature Protection Ministry Can’t Count Underground Water Amount in Ararat ValleyBecause of lack of budget allocations, the hydro-geological studies needed for specification of underground water resources in Ararat Valley were not conducted in 2010.
April 20, 2011 | Air | Armavir
PANIC IN ARMAVIRFrom the early morning the people in Armavir are in panic. People come out to street with masks, call to different offices and express their concern with air pollution and overall dust. The whole sity is covered with yellow dust.
April 18, 2011 | Nuclear Energy | Armavir
IS ARMENIA’S NUCLEAR PLANT THE WORLD’S MOST DANGEROUS?Steam rises from the cooling towers of Metsamor nuclear power station in Armenia in September 2010. One of the last old operating Soviet reactors built without containment vessels, its location in a seismic zone has drawn renewed attention since Japan's earthquake-and-tsunami-triggered crisis.
April 18, 2011 | Nuclear Energy | Armavir
AZEBAIJAN TO ASK EU, IAEA TO SHUT DOWN METSAMOR NUCLEAR PLANTAzerbaijan is going to officially ask the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the European to take measures for closing the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant, the Azerbaijani news agency 1news.az reported.
April 07, 2011 | Nuclear Energy | Armavir
MINISTER: ARMENIA NOT TO REFUSE FROM NUCLEAR ENERGY EVE AFTER EVENTS IN JAPANI don’t think even the events in Japan may lead to this. Armenia won’t refuse from nuclear energy, and it should be taken into consideration that problems emerged at Japanese “Fukushima” plant are the result of the tsunami, and not the earthquake.
March 31, 2011 | Nuclear Energy | Armavir
WHAT DOES SHEVARDNADZE WANT TO SAY?Is our nuclear power station dangerous for the region? Vardan Bostanjyan, the Deputy Chair of Standing Committee on Economic Affairs of the National Assembly RA tald “Zhamanak” that actually Shevardnadze was not well informed about the problem.
March 30, 2011 | Nuclear Energy | Armavir
SHEVARNADZE CALLED GEORGIA TO TALKS WITH ARMENIA ON NUCLEAR PLANT SAFETYGeorgian ex President Eduard Shevardnadze has called to the Georgian Government immediately to start negotiations with the Armenian authorities on the matter of the threat Metsamor Nuclear Power Plant poses to security and safety.
March 30, 2011 | Forest | Aragatsotn | Armavir | Vayots Dzor
33 TREES BURNT DOWN IN DIFFERENT REGIONS OF ARMENIAOn March 26 the territory adjacent to Ohanavan Village, Aragatsotn Region, was on fire. 6000 square meters of grass cover and 20 apple trees, co-owned by H. Poghosyan and G. Mirzoyan, has been burnt down.
March 29, 2011 | Biodiversity | Armavir
ANIMALS IN ARMAVIR ZOO STARVINGThe Association of Young Biologists has disseminated a call to the owner of Armavir Zoo, Armen Tadevosyan, which says the zoo animals are on the verge of starvation.
March 25, 2011 | Nuclear Energy | Armavir
NPP: ARMENIAN PRIME MINISTER ASSURES OF THE “THIRD GENERATION” ENERGY BLOCK’S SAFETYAt the parliament session on Wednesday the prime minister stated that the emphasis now is not only the seismic resistance of the power plant, but also the protection of infrastructures from potential earthquake consequences.
March 24, 2011 | Nuclear Energy | Armavir
METSAMOR NUCLEAR POWER PLANT POSES NO DABGER?Metsamor nuclear power plant is constructed according to quakeproof technology and has many protection levels, and the quake of 1988 didn’t affect its operation.
March 16, 2011 | Waste | Armavir
TOXIC MIX: PESTICIDES AND FISH FARMSWhy was he so reluctant to let us peek around? Did he have anything to hide? He claimed that there were no traces of the toxic pesticides in the fish ponds, but…
March 16, 2011 | Nuclear Energy | Armavir
GEORGIAN SPECIALISTS CONCERNED WITH METSAMOR NUCLEAR POWER PLANT FATE“If there is an earthquake in Armenia and wind blows all the radioactive materials to Georgia, our territories will also be polluted, as it occurred in Chernobyl.”
12:00 March 09, 2011 | SOS | Armavir
NEW ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTER ‘NEST’ IN JRARAT COMMUNITYAt present a fish farm is operating on the spot of former pesticide depository in Jrarat Community, Ararat Region.
January 26, 2011 | Nuclear Energy | Armavir
TURKS SAY THEIR STUDIES UNRELATED TO ARMENIAN NUCLEAR POWER PLANTThis comes after Turkish media Monday reports on Ataturk University's studies being aimed to discover the possible impact of the Metsamor Nuclear Power Plant in the six Turkish provinces bordering Armenia.
May 14, 2008 | Nuclear Energy | Armavir
ARMENIAN NUCLEAR POWER PLANT WILL BE SUBSTITUTED BY NUCLEAR, AND NOT ANY OTHER POWERSEven though the cost of nuclear fuel will annually rise by 3%, it is more profitable to construct a new nuclear power plant for several reasons at the same time, as the price of natural gas is expected to go up continuously.
February 06, 2008 | Nuclear Energy | Armavir
EU WON’T FINANCE NEW ANPP CONSTRUCTIONThe European Union doesn’t finance projects implemented by two states.
Website is supported by the