ArmInfo. Azerbaijan is not giving up attempts to "hit" one of the most painful areas of the Armenian energy sector - the Armenian nuclear power plant, which provides a third of all electricity produced in the country at the lowest tariff.

ArmInfo. Prime Minister  of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan participated in the inaugural Nuclear Energy  Summit in Brussels. French President Emmanuel Macron, Belgian Prime Minister Alexandre de Croux, European Commission President Ursula van der Leyen, European Council President Charles Michel, presidents,  prime ministers and representatives of a number of countries also took part in the event, the office of the Armenia's Prime Minister reports.

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ArmInfo. Armenia will act in accordance with its interests in the energy sector. Sargis  Khandanyan, head of the Armenian Parliament's Standing Committee on Foreign Relations, stated in a conversation with reporters on October 3.

ArmInfo.At a meeting of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, an appeal was made demanding that  the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) take measures regarding the Metsamor Nuclear Power Plant in Armenia, located 16 km from the borders of Turkey. This was reported by the Turkish Anadolu Agency.

ArmInfo. Armenia joined the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency  (IAEA). This decision was made at the 67th session of the IAEA General Conference.

ArmInfo. During the visit of the heads of government of the EAEU to the "Eurasia is Our Home"  exhibition, the head of the Russian government Mikhail Mishustin drew the attention of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan to the system of financing projects for the construction of new nuclear  power units.

ArmInfo.An interdepartmental working group is being created in Armenia to discuss issues related  to the construction of a new nuclear power unit. The corresponding decision was signed by Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan.

ArmInfo. Today, the safety level of the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant is at a very high level. About this corr. A source at the NPP, who wished to remain anonymous,  told ArmInfo correspondent

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ArmInfo.RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan today received the General Director of the  International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Mariano Grossi, the  press service of the RA PM reports.

ArmInfo.Within the period of 21-25 February an IAEA Expert Mission on the Nuclear Security Culture Self-Assessment was held at the Armenian NPP with the assistance of the RA Committee for Nuclear Safety Regulation.    As the official website of the ANPP reports, the objective of the  mission was the familiarization with the results of the security  culture self-assessment conducted at the ANPP. The self-assessment  was included in the RA Plan of activities aimed at enhancement of the nuclear security in compliance with the IAEA Integrated Nuclear Security Support Plan (INSSP).  

ArmInfo.The second reactor of the Armenian nuclear power plant (NPP) will be connected to Armenia`s power grid on November 17. This is the longest and most important planned maintenance. In an interview with ArmInfo, Ashot Martirosyan,  Chairman of the Nuclear Safety Committee, RA Government, told about  the work to extend the Armenian NPP`s operation life until 2026. 

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ArmInfo.On November 5, 1995, the second power unit of the Armenian NPP was restarted after an idle period of six and a half years. The decision to restart the  Armenian nuclear power plant helped Armenia to cope with the economic  crisis of the 90s, when the country, among other serious problems,  experienced an acute shortage of electricity.