Russian, Armenian Nuclear Energy Specialists to Partner on Projects

$300 million from Russia will be used to improve the Metsamor nuclear power plant in Armenia

YEREVAN (ARKA)””Chief of the Russian state nuclear energy corporation Rosatom, Sergey Kirienko, said today in Yerevan that Russian nuclear specialists will partner with their Armenian peers on various projects, including in third party countries.

Kirienko and Armenia’s energy and natural resources minister Yervand Zakharyan signed an intergovernmental agreement today on the exchange of information in the field of nuclear and radiation safety.

While in Yerevan, Kirienko awarded leading Armenian nuclear specialists with medals dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the Russian nuclear industry.

“It is our common anniversary””not only Russian, but the anniversary of the nuclear industry of the whole [former] Soviet Union,”