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YEREVAN. – Reoperation of Armenia’s nuclear power pant, which is currently undergoing planned repairs, is in jeopardy, Haykakan Zhamanak daily writes. “158 members of the plant’s engineering and technical staff submitted resignations on Tuesday.”
“Those who submitted resignations are primarily those specialists without whom it is impossible to operate the nuclear power plant. Those employees demand that their salaries be reviewed. Still 1 month ago they had submitted a petition to [Armenian President] Serzh Sargsyan, Energy and Natural Resources Minister Armen Movsisyan, and the plant’s management, and asked their salaries be raised. The plant’s employees had informed Armenia’s leadership that, after the recent rise in prices and with salaries of 120,000 drams (8 US) or 150,000 (8) drams, they cannot solve their families’ social problems, and warned that if this issue is not resolved by September 20, they would be compelled to submit resignations, which they did,” Haykakan Zhamanak writes.
September 23, 2011 at 01:47