Armenia following the nuclear deal with America

According to RCO News Agency, the “Civil Net” website, quoting a spokesperson of the US State Departme, reported that the coury is considering Armenia’s request to sign an agreeme that will allow Washington to transfer civilian nuclear technology to Yerevan.

On August 20, an unnamed spokesperson for the US State Departme told Civil Net in a written note: “The US governme does not share the details of the negotiation process, but the US State Departme is paying special atteion and focus.” on Armenia’s request for nuclear cooperation agreeme 123.

In 2022, Armenia and the United States signed an agreeme on civilian nuclear cooperation.

Section 123 of the US Atomic Energy Act generally authorizes the conclusion of a Peaceful Nuclear Cooperation Agreeme for the substaial transfer of nuclear material or equipme from the United States. In addition, such agreemes, commonly referred to as “123 Agreemes”, facilitate cooperation in other areas such as technical exchanges, scieific research and safeguards discussions.

According to the report of the “Armenpress” website, Armenia plans to upgrade the life cycle of the “Metsamur” nuclear power pla, which relies on the state-owned Rosatom company for fuel supply and fuel maienance, by 2036. Then this power pla will be decommissioned and replaced.

In early August, the Security Council of Armenia announced in a stateme that the Secretary of the Security Council of Armenia met with a delegation from the French company Framatom, which aims to develop and produce equipme for nuclear power plas, and emphasized the importance of France’s ierest in the developme of the nuclear energy sector. Meioned in Armenia.

On the other hand, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said in November 2023: Armenia is faced with the task of building a new nuclear power pla unit, and Yerevan is negotiating with its partners in Russia, the United States, and South Korea to determine which proposals will be more effective.

Armenia currely has a nuclear power pla equipped with 2 power units, which is located near the city of Metsamur, 30 kilometers south of Yerevan.

In Armenia’s plan, the extension of the operational life of the only operational unit of the power pla is foreseen uil 2026, as well as the gradual launch of new units.

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