§ Sir Trevor SkeetTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what information he has about the type of nuclear reactors built for electric power production in Armenia; and when the power station is likely to be commissioned.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggArmenia's only nuclear power plant is at Medzamor, 25 km south of Yerevan. The plant consists of two Soviet-built VVER 440 pressurised water[...]eactors. Both reactors were shut down in early 1989 as precaution following the Armenian earthquake but the Armenian Government are aiming, with Russian [...]sistance, to bring unit 2 back into service as soon as [...]ssible, with unit 1 to follow. The Armenian [...]vernment intend to operate Medzamor for [...]proximately seven of its remaining 20 years' design life, and in the meantime to bring alternative generating capacity on stream.