ArmInfo. From the very beginning of the announcement of quarantine, a rapid response headquarters was created at the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant and an action plan to prevent the spread of coronavirus was adopted. The headquarters pays special attention to the entrance, dining room and office space. In particular, a marking is applied on the floor on the entrance to ensure social distance. The entire staff of the station received instructions on the prevention of infection with COVID-19.
According to the press service of the ANPP, the events begin even before arriving at the station – the minibus that brought the employees to work was replaced with a large bus where passengers can maintain a social distance. Upon arrival at the station, each employee at the entrance must measure the temperature, and if it is above 37 degrees, then he is not allowed to enter the territory. During the shift, all employees re-measured the temperature.
According to the head of the ANPP shift, Artak Navasardyan, for the quarantine period, entry to the station is prohibited for all non-full-time employees, business trips are canceled, a 12-hour schedule for work shifts is established, and all meetings are held via internal communication without personal contact. The ANPP employees are provided with the necessary personal protective equipment – medical masks, gloves, and disinfectants. Premises and vehicles during the day are also disinfected, and some twice a day. All objects that we come into contact with at work: telephones, tables, door handles, etc., must be treated with a disinfectant. Also, to reduce the risk of spreading the virus in a large team and to isolate operational personnel as much as possible, additional measures have been introduced: access to the Block control panel is limited for so-called "day staff", whether it is a director, chief engineer or workshop head>. The head of the administrative and economic department of the ANPP, Susanna Avetisyan, adds that in March it was decided that employees who can perform their duties from home were transferred to a remote mode of operation. Thanks to the taken preventive measures, no cases of infection with the COVID-19 virus were recorded at the Armenian NPP. The station operates in a safe mode and continues to generate electricity in the prescribed amount>.