Armenian NPP’s maintenance completed ahead of schedule
The planned preventive maintenance of the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant has been completed ahead of schedule, …
Metsamor Nuclear Power Plant
Alexander Artamonov: "After the failure with France, Armenia is turning towards the United States"
This week, Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's close ally, paid a five-day working visit to the United States. In Washington, Mirzoyan held talks with Secretary of State Antony Blinken, signed a …
Who and what way will benefit from Zangezur Corridor
Since a 44-day war between Armenia and Azerbaijan in late 2020, there has been an uneasy ceasefire between the two countries
UAE to build biggest solar power plant in Armenia
The Ayg-1 solar power plant is projected to generate about half of what the country's aging nuclear power plant makes
Repairs at Armenian nuclear power plant kick off
The operation of the Metsamor nuclear power plant (NPP) in Armenia has been suspended, the press service of the nuclear power plant informs, specifying that this is due to the annual scheduled repair, during which the complete unloading of the …
Azerbaijan urges int'l community to close Armenian Metsamor NPP
The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry called on international organizations to mobilize efforts to close the Armenian Metsamor nuclear power plant in its statement for April 26 - International Day of Remembrance of the Chernobyl disaster, which took …
Armenia’s outdated nuclear plant is extremely dangerous, international expert warns
The two-reactor Metsamor nuclear power plant, a one-of-a-kind facility in the South Caucasus, is thought to be the most dangerous
Report: Armenian NPP should be closed as soon as possible
The Armenian nuclear power plant in Metsamor cannot be improved in accordance with modern safety atomic power generation requirements, and therefore it should be closed as soon as possible, according to the report of the European Commission …
The path to renewables is the path to lasting peace in the Caucasus
In the wake of 30 years of war, maintaining this fragile peace poses a significant challenge. An unprecedented opportunity for regional energy cooperation, however, unthinkable during the conflict, presents the first piece of the puzzle. Renewables are the second
Nuclear power plant makes Armenia a ticking time bomb
Once Armenia's defeat against Azerbaijan was put on paper, some Armenians, struggling to face reality, brought up nuclear weapons as a form of potential retaliation (See Armenian newspaper calls for use of nuclear weapon against Azerbaijan) These discussions, however, ignore the fact that Armenia does host nuclear power on its soil but in the form of a decaying Soviet nuclear reactor – a ticking bomb that is not only a threat to Armenia itself but its neighbors as well
Fate of Armenian nuclear power plant's waste
Concerns are growing over the safe management of radioactive waste from the Metsamor nuclear power plant, located some 30 kilometres from the Armenian capital Yerevan. Environmentalists have repeatedly raised the potential hazards that the plant
Russia prolongs loan for Armenia's NPP upgrade
Russia has agreed to prolong a $270 million loan for upgrading the Metsamor nuclear power plant, Armenia's Territorial Management and Infrastructure Minister Suren Papikyan said. "The issue of loan …
Armenia to build new nuclear power plant?
Armenia’s authorities are negotiating with Russia over prospects for the participation in construction of a new nuclear power plant in the country, Armenian Vice Prime Minister Tigran Avinyan said. According to …
Bundestag MP on Karabakh resolution and Armenian NPP shutdown
Beate Walter-Rosenheimer, a German member of the parliament from the Green Party, touched on two important issues of the South Caucasus security
Metsamor NPP to be modernized by 2021
Modernization of the Metsamor nuclear power plant will be completed by 2021, Rosatom press service reported. As part of the project to extend the service life of the Metsamor nuclear power plant, modernization of equipment at one of 2 …
Metsamor NPP threatens the South Caucasus and the Middle East
Experts fear subversive activities, terrorist attacks and radioactive release
EU: Armenian NPP should be shut down as soon as possible
Armenia’s Metsamor nuclear power plant should be shut down as soon as possible, the deputy head of Division for the Eastern Partnership countries at European External Action Service, Dirk Lorenz, said. "It is …
Does Armenia give up on its nuclear power plant?
Next summer the Metsamor Nuclear Power Plant will stop for two months for activities on its lifetime extension. Another four months - before and after a complete stop - the station will work at half load. Russia's Rosatom together …
After signing agreement with EU, Armenia remains in Russia's zone of influence
Armenian political scientist explains the essence of the document signed in Brussels
Fly in ointment: why is EU Association Agreement threat to Armenia?
Yesterday, the historian and journalist Armen Gasparyan, speaking at Vladimir Solovyov's 'Full contact' on Vesti FM radio station, told about the problems, which may be caused by Armenia's signing the …
