Interfax
July 9 2004
IAEA invites Armenia to build new nuclear plant
Yerevan. (Interfax) – The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
has developed two plans for advancing Armenia’s energy sector through
2020, one of which includes building a new nuclear power station,
chief of the Armenian nuclear oversight authorities Ashot Martirosian
told Interfax.
He said Armenia hopes to build either a new nuclear plant or develop
other generating capacities.
He said the IAEA believes a nuclear station would be preferable from
the environmental point of view because thermal stations, which are
considered the main alternative to a nuclear facility, would increase
carbon dioxide emissions.
Martirosian said that since 1994 the IAEA has been helping Armenia
improve safety at its nuclear plant.
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