The European Union is opposed to modernization of the nuclear power plant in Armenia’s Metsamor in 2016, ARKA reports.
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan said in April that the formation of a new energy block would start in 2014. The operation of the power plant will be extended.
The EU demands long-term closure of the nuclear facility, because modernization can only be carried out by taking international safety criteria into account. The European Union will demand that the power plant be shut down at negotiations on the formation of a free trade zone with Yerevan in May.
Closing the power plant without an alternate source of energy may lead to a doubling of electricity prices and cause a complicated socio-economic situation.
