US Congressman Jim Moran has said that Armenia's Metsamor nuclear power station does not meet modern safety standards.
"The dramatic events at Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant following the 11 March 2011 earthquake and tsunami have highlighted the risks of nuclear energy the world over. The Metsamor facility, which provides some 40 percent of the electricity consumed in Armenia, dates from the Soviet era and is clearly not up to contemporary standards of safety," Congressman Moran said in a letter to Azerbaijani diaspora groups in the USA.
"That is why," says the Congressman, "the United States, in partnership with the European Union, Russia and international bodies have contributed to an upgrade of the facility’s safety standards."
"Our work on Metsamor is critically important, and I am monitoring progress closely," he said in the letter.
The Congressman also promised to keep the Azeri diaspora campaign in mind as Congress considers US foreign assistance and nuclear policy in the region.
Former Georgian President Eduard Shevardndadze has been among the critics of the Armenian nuclear power station since the damage to Japan's Fukushima plant.
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