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Nov 3 2013

Much of Armenia experiences brief power failure

Nov. 2, 2013 | 6:19 PM

YEREVAN, Armenia, Nov. 2 (UPI) — Most of Armenia, including the
capital city, lost electrical power for brief periods Saturday when
connections to Iran were disrupted, an official said.

A spokeswoman for the Energy Ministry, Lusine Arutyunyan, said on
ArmNews TV that the power failure was about 10 minutes long, RIA
Novosti reported.

She said the capital, Yerevan, and much of the rest of the country
were affected.

The Armenian Nuclear Power plant is shut down every year for almost
two months for repair and refueling. During the interval, which began
this year on Sept. 23, Iran supplies enough electrical power to its
neighbor to make up for the 40 percent normally generated by the
nuclear plant.

Arutyunyan said the blackout problem was caused by a drop in frequency
in the connection with Iran.

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