Brussels wants to close the Armenian NPP

Brussels still insists on closing the Armenian (Metsamor) NPP, reports Kommersant referring to the deputy head of the Eastern Partnership in the European External Action Service (EEAS, EU MFA) Dirk Lorenz.

It is impossible to improve it so that it fully complies with international safety requirements,

said a European official.

The newspaper recalls that under the agreement with the EU on a comprehensive and extended partnership (CEPA) of 24 in November 2017, Yerevan pledged to bring its regulations into line with EU standards. “This also applies to nuclear safety: the decommissioning of the Metsamor NPP is a key goal in EU cooperation with Armenia. The EEAS awaits proposals from Yerevan on the relevant "road map", ”the article says.

The Armenian NPP was commissioned in the 1980 year (2 unit with reactors of 440 MW), it was stopped in the 1989 year after the Spitak earthquake. This caused an acute energy crisis in the country, and the nuclear power plants were again launched in 1995 year. Now only the second unit (407,5 MW) is operating, providing more than 40% of Armenia’s electricity needs. The construction of a new block of funds in the republican treasury was not found.

Yerevan’s position on the nuclear power plant looks cautious. A press secretary of the Ministry of Energy, Vasak Tarposhyan, confirmed that following the results of the negotiations with the EU, it was “clearly formulated” that Yerevan “should develop a roadmap” of the dismantling of the nuclear power plant. However, according to him, this “requires a certain time, and it is obvious that the nuclear power plant should stop working at a certain moment”.

Tarposhyan added that for the time being the “program to extend the life of the power unit by ten years (up to 2026 year)” is being implemented. The funds were given by Russia in the form of a loan of $ 270 million and a grant of $ 30 million. Rosatom structures are implementing the program.

Comments

[Aristarkh Lyudvigovich]

While working, it is better not to touch the nuclear power plant. In the 2018 year, for example, the 45 years of the Novovoronezh station are celebrated. The main thing is to make repairs on time. Moreover, in 2015 Armenia was already electrified, due to the increase in tariff prices due to the unplanned shutdown of the Armenian NPP for 88 days.

[allaykbar]

there and build a new Novovoronezh NPP 2

[Vend]

Metsamor NPP decommissioning is a key goal in EU cooperation with Armenia

It is worth closing the station and you have to buy more fuel. Question from whom will they buy?

[vlad66]

Quote: Wend

Question from whom will they buy?

And also the question of what will they buy? You can’t buy much on the income from the sale of Armenian cognac.

[Alexey RA]

Quote: Wend

Question from whom will they buy?

If Brussels undertakes business, then it will be necessary to buy fuel from Turkey or Azerbaijan.

[Spike Javelin Touvich]

Your sarcasm is understandable but if you honestly planned to build an oil pipeline from Iran but something stalled

[kapitan92]

Quote: Wend

It’s worth closing the station and

And the kirdyk of “great Armenia”: the energy crisis, the crowd taking to the streets and the change of the pro-Russian “regime”. The script is old.

[Alex777]

That's what stupid people clung to Armenia - understandably. The Armenians will be more accommodating in all kinds of oil and gas pipelines. And why they are not stupid people from Ukraine will not start - it is not clear. And there are more stations and the danger is much closer?

[kapitan92]

Quote: Alex777

And why they are not stupid people from Ukraine will not start - it is not clear.

And already started a couple of years ago! The transition to American fuel assemblies will not end well.

[SEER]

Quote: Alex777

That's what stupid people clung to Armenia - understandably. The Armenians will be more accommodating in all kinds of oil and gas pipelines. And why they are not stupid people from Ukraine will not start - it is not clear. And there are more stations and the danger is much closer?

those who clung, unfortunately smart people but very bad. they have a thick bolt on both Armenia and Azerbaijan. the main thing for them is that everything burns. and they are always looking for the most convenient place from where to throw firewood into the fire. while they succeed ...

[Observer2014]

Vend

It is worth closing the station and you have to buy more fuel. Question from whom will they buy?

Guess once And on credit. Close the issue of passports of the Russian Federation until it’s too late And stop making people laugh with the customs union. This is all nonsense about relocation to the Russian Federation and working for us without paying taxes. Question why do we need all this?

[Alf]

Quote: Observer2014

The question is, why do we need all this?

WE DO NOT NEED, BUT THE AUTHORITIES WHO NEED A FREE AND DISAPPOINTED WORK.

[SEER]

Quote: Observer2014

Vend

It is worth closing the station and you have to buy more fuel. Question from whom will they buy?

Guess once And on credit. Close the issue of passports of the Russian Federation until it’s too late And stop making people laugh with the customs union. This is all nonsense about relocation to the Russian Federation and working for us without paying taxes. Question why do we need all this?

To my great regret, you are right. Yes, you need to close the stupid immigration. Yes, we must loudly declare that the Russians are the first to be accepted into Russia.
What is the problem? Who is the first to go to Armenia? Who are the first to receive in Israel? Why can't priorities be set in Russia?
PySy: not for the sake of nationalism BUT curious for the sake of truth the surname of the central office of the central bank of Russia.
Well, if you are curious about who is in the markets (well, at ordinary, vegetable, collective farm, weekend fairs ...) ... notice, I just asked ...

[svd-xnumx]

The people in Armenia now only for gas for heating a house for 6000 rubles. pays for ours, and if electricity also rises in price, not only Anapa will become an Armenian city in Russia.

[vlad66]

And if the Armenians agree to this, it means they are not friends with one another, they will have to buy electricity abroad in trips and why? Look at the Ignalina NPP in the Baltic states, they also shut down at the request of the EU and are now just happy to run away to buy energy from others.

[Anarchist]

Quote: vlad66

now just happy running away to buy energy from others.

Yeah, they’re buying from Belarusians, moreover, demanding to close the Belarusian nuclear power plant

[vlad66]

Quote: Anarchist

Yeah, they’re buying from Belarusians, moreover, demanding to close the Belarusian nuclear power plant

This is Sanya called in the Baltic.

[Anarchist]

I suspect that their wells are all spat upon or buried. Estonian phenomenon ... And this is not a compliment!

[SEER]

Quote: vlad66

Quote: Anarchist

Yeah, they’re buying from Belarusians, moreover, demanding to close the Belarusian nuclear power plant

This is Sanya called in the Baltic.

mnu once my mother used to say: a sign of moron: "to the spite of the conductor: I’ll take a ticket and go on foot"

[Topotun]

The Armenians are friends with their heads, but here is their leadership .... It depends on who is the main sponsor. They can take it down and try. Like the balts. ...

[tol100v]

Quote: vlad66

And if the Armenians go for it, then they’re not friends with their heads,

They ceased to be friends with her by signing such documents!

[Non liberoid Russian]

in Moscow will be asked for an indebted debt ... former and present parasites

[Amurets]

Quote: vlad66

And if the Armenians agree to this, it means they are not friends with one another, they will have to buy electricity abroad in trips and why?

Not correctly formulated the question. Who? There are no EU energy capacities in that region and no free energy.

[Orionvit]

Yes, let them close, only then do not cry. Have many comers to Europe found happiness? Examples of "successful" European integrators do not teach anyone, follow the requirements of the European Union and then with one hundred percent confidence, say goodbye to your "independence", with which they all so worn ..

[Observer2014]

vlad66

And if the Armenians agree to this, it means they are not friends with one another, they will have to buy electricity abroad in trips and why?

Yes, it’s their own business. What and how to drown, they will shine. We are generally violet to the bulb.

[vlad66]

Quote: Observer2014

Yes, it’s their own business. What and how to drown, they will shine. We are generally violet to the bulb.

Well, let’s raise the birth rate.

[ul_vitalii]

So much for the eastern (European) partnership, here you get it.

[igordok]

"Experience" of Lithuania, as an example.

[Mih1974]

And what kind of canine feces did the EU forget with its opinion in Armenia? Actually, this is generally the jurisdiction of the IAEA, and these are mongrels, let it be the "curvature of cucumbers" and long bananas (yes, really fruit, not something that anyone would have thought ) are engaged.

[Alekseits]

Armenia is eagerly tearing into the EU, so there they are preparing for its meeting.

[Piramidon]

Quote: Alekseits

Armenia is eagerly tearing into the EU, so there they are preparing for its meeting.

How will it be in Armenia - "Armenia is Europe?"

[Reserve officer]

Armenia signed an agreement on expanded partnership with the EU. There is an environmental section. And Brussels is a dwarf copy of Washington. They believe that now they care about everything in Armenia. Just not up to solving energy problems and living standards.
Ukraine just as friendship began with the EU.

[novel66]

tempting thing - Ukrainian rake!

[Slon_on]

And what can the European Union offer Armenia in exchange for a closed nuclear power plant? Have a gay parade in Yerevan?
So they will say there: "Wah, ne ass, ne lublu! Eli!"

[The Siberian barber]

Not only)) French cognac, wine, other agricultural products prom goods, of course))
For all this, Armenia will not have (and so not “wow!”) If the Armenians continue to be “associated” with the EU
Everything is done according to the standard pattern: first, non-volatility is knocked out, which leads to problems of a competitive price in the industry. and agricultural products, loans and "assistance" of the IMF, other benefactors
... and .. Voila! New colony ...
Something like that, in a nutshell ..

[Slon_on]

Well then, whoever can move to Sochi for permanent residence. New Yerevan will be there. Few people get into Europe - everyone is busy with puppies.

[HEATHER]

Brussels should be listened to for a simple reason. If it’s something about grayling. They’ve gotten too rich. Can they be thrown with caliber and dots?

[Geisenberg]

In all its glory made. Like you turn off your station, we will then sell you electricity at a triple price))) But don’t turn it off, we will spread rot, you’re not Europeans ....

If the Armenians behave then let them not be surprised or complain.

[Technikner]

Large-scale repairs are underway at the plant, and no one will close it.

[igordok]

Quote: Exchniker

Large-scale repairs are underway at the plant, and no one will close it.

You think so. And politicians live on their planet.

[abc_alex]

politicians live on their planet.

But even politicians cannot get around the issue of money. And they need:
1) the first millions of dollars to stop a nuclear power plant. It is not as simple as it seems. It is necessary to shut off the reactor, unload the fuel, take it out, drain the radioactive liquid from the first cooling circuit, take it out
2) second million dollars in compensation leaving capacities. Now Armenia buys electricity from its own local currency, and will have to buy from outside, for example from Russia. Where can she get a lot of currency at once?
3) the third million dollars for the dismantling of the core and other equipment. Nobody in the world will take it for nothing, the Armenians themselves will not do it, in fact we can only, as a developing country. Moreover, there is a significant part of the equipment "phonite", so the station needs to be "kept" for years under guard in a "coma" state.
4) fourth million dollars for land reclamation. Well, do not leave concrete ruins in place of the station, they also need to be demolished at least. And there the volume of work is not sickly.
5) the fifth million dollars to compensate for retired capacities in the event of increased consumption and emergency situations. We need to build something for the future. And what? A bunch of CHP? Whose money is it for? And what to buy fuel for?

That is, even if politicians really want to, they need to take money somewhere for this. Do you think the EEC will give? I strongly doubt that the EEC, even Lithuania, did not compensate for the full closure of the Ingalinsk NPP. “There is no money” is an objective reality, like a wall 6 meters high, which, no matter how many you hold, do not jump over.

[The Siberian barber]

Give !! Even as they give!
They also gave us, but we took! And they asked again, and still gave ((- for SUCH business, they do not spare money, because then everything pays off in multiple sizes.
We just stopped on time -
God helped, I think ..

[asiat_61]

Latvia is an example to them. Well, Bulgaria, too. Armenia, like Kazakhstan, is trying to be good for both the EU and Russia. But is it time that it is time to clearly decide who you are with? They are trying to nightmare Russia in all directions, well, for the faint of heart, the bench-press bench. Georgia has refused gas from Russia, has overcome.

[igordok]

Quote: asiat_61

Latvia is an example to them.

Lithuania.

[win]

Belgian Tianj NPP, the safety of which is in serious doubt.
Minor accidents have already occurred at the station.
And the residents of Aachen and neighboring German settlements began to be given iodine tablets.
And for thousands of kilometers, the Armenian nuclear power plant, you see, is worried.
Take off your glasses!

[win]

A couple at a reception by a sex therapist:
- Doctor, what should I do ?! He’s some kind of pervert, he’s trying
I get fucked in the navel, then in the armpit, then in the ear, then in the mouth.
- Ta-a-k, and you him spectacles did not try to put on?

[Svarog51]

Valentine, I welcome you The joke pleased - the sex therapist is not. He himself still has to study, but to study. I had to teach her how to "taxi" to her husband, and write him a referral to an ophthalmologist.

[The Siberian barber]

Your example is very eloquent!



Belgian Tianj NPP, the safety of which is in serious doubt.
Minor belay accidents have already happened at the station several times.
And the residents of Aachen and neighboring German settlements began to be given iodine tablets. belay
And for thousands of kilometers, the Armenian nuclear power plant, you see, is worried.
Take off your glasses! hi

[CAT BAIYUN]

Metsamor NPP decommissioning is a key goal in EU cooperation with Armenia

Lithuania, won the same thing ... to the delight of the Europeans. Now takes an exorbitant price.
Did the Armenians gather there too? Something I do not recognize this proud nation ....

[Fury]

Well, yes ... Here at Hukushima, technology, so technology ... Where are we sinners before them ...

[SEER]

Quote: Fury

Well, yes ... Here at Hukushima, technology, so technology ... Where are we sinners before them ...

as far as I remember all kinds of "green" there do not appear there and do not even swim close. why is it so? Yes, be dangerous! ett can be run over to Prirazlomnaya - loudly, financially and completely safely! And it’s dangerous to fight for Fukushima (you can really “light up” there): you can really get physically into a “melon” - the Ippon military is never Russian — they can shoot. By the way, who noticed that for the last couple of years from the side of the so-called Greenpeace it has never been seen anywhere at all? This Greenpeace that from some strange money used to be like a big gag in any ass of our time? where are these: "Bob Hunter, another Greenpeace founder, proposed creating" bombs that explode consciousness. "These are ideas and visual images that change people's minds."? what? fuses over? at what moment? when did the Gulf of Mexico disaster happen? How did Greenpeace work? Everyone quietly forgot about them ...

[Fury]

Greenpeace is a circus in the service of the United States.

[K-50]

It is useless to make concessions to Brussels. Once they succumb, then again they don’t like something and again they will demand to close / give in / buy. It’s like ransomware.
Closing / not closing should be determined by the operators of the equipment. and not officials for a couple of thousand kilometers from him.

[zivXP]

No, I’m calm for Armenians, even more than for Jews. Let Brussels accumulate money at the station stop.

[SEER]

Quote: zivXP

No, I’m calm for Armenians, even more than for Jews.

if I'm calm too.
mnu has a good friend, their name is Grant. married to a Russian girl, two girls for a long time. Absolutely sane, responsible person. True, he grabbed a bunch of impressions from his own. That's why he left for Russia. He doesn’t drink (almost :-) he doesn’t smoke at all, tall, lean, probably handsome :-), really anybody would be glad to such a neighbor / friend. He borrowed money from mnu, always as if on an alarm clock, both on time and on time. Buzines and I were with him and I never regretted such a neighborhood. Unfortunately, after a couple of phone losses (one was stolen, one died out of the blue), his phone was also lost in mnu. if he finds me he will be very glad.

but when I was studying at the institute there was also an Armenian, Armen A., an arrogant, intelligent, but not complex greyhound individual. He constantly said to a couple of girls - “why should they study?” Let them get married, give birth and stay at home - where are you going? ”
Three years ago I found him - the owner of as many as three stalls in Volgograd. Here nakoy he needed a higher education? and one of those girls became a real businesswoman ...

[Lieutenant]

Why is this a European partnership if it is only to the detriment, European values ​​are not ours. And if everything is due to finances, it’s easier for the diaspora to ask for more money and without enslaving conditions. Apparently, Armenia will also play out soon, but it’s a pity because it is not limited only to Yerevan, in towns and cities there are ordinary people who all this policy to one place.

[Sergey956]

Europe decided to lower Armenia into darkness? This is a good deal! Armenia should think with whom to be friends, and whom to send on foot. Friendship with Europe has not made anyone richer. The Armenian government clearly decided to disperse the remaining Armenians from Armenia around the world.

[FLOOD]

From the point of view of the EU, everything is very correct. The fact is that the Metsamor NPP is the brainchild of the USSR. It was created with the calculation of the supply of at least three Transcaucasian republics (with full power and operation of all reactors). Geopolitical changes since 1988 have doomed the nuclear power plant. At the moment, nuclear power plants are operating at a loss to Russia (!). Armenia, with guarantees of energy security from the EU, does not need it at all, it even to some extent plays the role of a "powder keg" under ..., as well as in a nodule like the Caucasus, it is undesirable (for one reason or another). I think the Armenians will benefit if they favor closing the nuclear power plant. The Republic of Armenia itself is half empty (demography), and production capacities are not the same as in the USSR and there is no demand for production energy. Although, even with the aforementioned nuclear power plants in some regions of the Republic of Armenia, there is a significant lack of electric energy))

[Genry]

Quote: TUFAN

with energy security guarantees from the EU, it is not needed at all,

This is the EU, it is not needed, therefore, they are ready to promise any "guarantees", if only they would ruin the energy industry and put the country on a hungry energy ration.

Quote: TUFAN

. Although, even with the aforementioned nuclear power plants, in some regions of the Republic of Armenia there is a significant lack of electricity

And what will happen after the destruction ???

[KaPToC]

Quote: TUFAN

it even to some extent plays the role of a "powder keg" under a ...

Enviously? Envy silently!

[afrikanez]

Brussels wants to close the Armenian NPP

For Brussels (count for Americans) the most important thing is to deprive the state of the entire or almost the entire economy and completely subjugate it to yourself. Obviously! The Armenians will need to think carefully about this.

[Alex-a832]

The Armenians of the EU like a cow saddle. Such weak economies in the EU suck dry and into the furnace. Without a nuclear power plant in Armenia, industry and agriculture threaten the thick northern fox, since the cost of buying electricity on the side, as well as the construction of alternative sources, prohibitively increase the cost of production, and the communal apartment at the same time. Who needs their products in the EU, and so on, except for raw materials, and after rising in price it may become an illiquid asset in the market.

[Vitaly Anisimov]

to fully comply with international safety requirements,

We know your "requirements" ... It would be better if they banned it in Ukraine, where the devil knows what’s going on at the nuclear power plant!
And gentlemen do not worry about the Armenian NPP, everything is under control there .. (or is Azerbaijan complaining ???)))

[garnik]

And gentlemen do not worry about the Armenian NPP, everything is under control there .. (or is Azerbaijan complaining ???)))

Partly you are right, two Turkic entities in all instances require the closure of nuclear power plants. But sooner or later it will be necessary to close, the EU is investing in alternative energy sources in Armenia. And until they cover all the need for electricity, the nuclear power plants will not be closed.
I don’t understand why Russia is not building nuclear power plants in Armenia on the same conditions as in Turkey. In general, the decision to build in Akku, this is a betrayal of the interests of Russia, is simply perplexing. In fact, we are creating our own hands another hostile nuclear power, with time, of course.

[Vitaly Anisimov]

Quote: garnik

I don’t understand why Russia is not building nuclear power plants in Armenia on the same conditions as in Turkey.

Turkey pays and a member of NATO (for the time being ..))) NPPs are high technology and cleaner than space exploration .. Whoever built, all the flags in their hands ..

[Archivist Vasya]

And now our peaceful atom -
All of Europe is obscene.

[evil partisan]

At one time, I was familiar with one of the developers of the 1st unit of the Armenian NPP (in the mid-80s and early 90s). In 1988, they worked to the full extent on the development of technical specifications for another 2 similar power units. And then Gorbachev came, perestroika, publicity and everything went to dust. In Armenia, industry simply disappeared ... But recently, Armenians have begun to fuss about the restoration of industrial production. In this context, the collisions from Brussels are not at all surprising. What do they want there visible on the example of Ukraine ...

[pafegosoff]

In general, when something happened to the reactor and shook it (back in the days of the USSR), courageous Armenian nuclear scientists together rushed home to rescue their families, sniffing a wind rose in order to know where the wind was blowing from. I don’t remember where, but, it seems - from the Northern Fleet, atomic specialists were called. Arrived three hours later, burst into an empty nuclear power plant, quickly figured out everything, carefully, but as soon as possible secured the reactor. AND? The IAEA, of course, knows about this. I read about it in the press (publicity! Perestroika!). Someone remembered in Brusel ... They would have drowned Ukraine too, but they do not need Ukraine in the EU. And an associative member, he is the very associative one and laid down on everyone, since hundreds of billions do not give!

[APASUS]

Yerevan’s position regarding nuclear power plants looks cautious. Ministry of Energy spokesman Vasak Tarposhyan confirmed that following negotiations with the EU, it’s “clearly stated” that Yerevan “should develop a roadmap” for dismantling the nuclear power plant.

Funny as children, these Armenians.
Armenia can be on a par with the EU only on its knees !! There is Baltic experience where, after closing, they immediately became dependent on energy exports and lenders. They drove themselves under the bench, but the Russians wiped their nose, they are now tearing toilets not somewhere, but in the EU !!

[earloop]

Armenians "with a mustache"! They know: what, why, how and when.

[LeonidL]

Brussels is not to achieve, and yo№№№sya and not to meddle in other people's affairs

[Wolka]

but this is a diversion from the EU

[whitesnow]

You can love communism and communists, you can not love. This is a personal matter for everyone! But everyone needs to study the teachings of Marx. I believe that the study of the works of Marx and Engels should be introduced as a separate subject in high school. Not for communism or socialism to triumph in the world, but for people to understand the true purpose of any initiative.
But the true goal is one: DIABLE !!!!!
It seems that the Armenian leadership either does not understand (which is doubtful), or he does not care about the plebs. And the beneficiaries of the closure of the Metsamor NPP will be more gentlemen from Brussels, to a lesser extent the leaders of Armenia, but not the ordinary population.
And the most dangerous thing for the residents of Armenia is a departure from the “pro-Russian” orientation. In this case, their neighbors will divide it, like Poland in the 19th century.
But Russia will again suffer not huge, but still losses.