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The Armenian NPP is operating normally, there is no reason for concern, said Armen Movsisyan, Armenian Minister of Energy and Natural Resources.
He said that OSART experts, working under the auspices of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), are monitoring technical conditions of the Armenian NPP. Working group has arrived in Armenia to monitor security of Metsamor nuclear power plant.
“It is a scheduled inspection. It is conducted regularly,” Movsisyan told journalists.
Last week Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan said after an accident at Fukushima Armenia revalued security level of the Metsamor NPP and is ready to receive experts of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
“Energy Minister and all the departments were instructed to revise security rules taking into account events in Japan,” he said in an interview with RFE/RL.
As Armenian News-NEWS.am reported earlier, last month Ashot Martirosyan, Head of the Nuclear Safety Committee, Government of Armenia, said that after the Fukushima nuclear accidents, EU member-states have been offered to conduct serious safety tests at their NPPs.
May 24, 2011 at 13:20