Yerevan/Mediamax/. The stress-test is already launched in the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant in Metsamor.

Today, the Spokesperson for Armenian Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources, Lusine Harutyunyan, informed Mediamax about it. According to her, the stress test conduct is rather a long process which may last up to several months.

The Chairman of Nuclear Security Regulation State Committee, Ashot Martirosyan, in his turn, said that “unlike the majority of European nuclear power plants, our NPP has more problems to be solved as it is a first-generation plant”.

“The EU decided to support Armenia, and leading European organizations and companies will be involved in the conduct of the stress-test to ensure proper level”, said Ashot Martirosyan in his interview to Mediamax.

According to him, the technical goal of the stress-test conducted in Armenian NPP is similar to the goals that European NPPs pursue. “But taking into account that our plant is a first generation one, more in-depth analyses may be required”, noted the Head of Nuclear Security Regulation State Committee.

Mediamax recalls that on June 23, Armenia along with Croatia, Russia, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine and Belarus signed a declaration on conducting stress-tests in NPP based on the tests worked out by the EU.

The OSART mission gave a positive assessment to the security state of Metsamor NPP in Armenia in late May.