Armenia is ready to welcome experts from the UN's nuclear watchdog who will inspect the atomic power station at Metsamor, Armenian PM has said.
After the accident at Fukushima, Armenia has adjusted the security level at the Metsamor nuclear power station and is ready to receive experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan told RFE/RL.
“The energy minister and all departments have been instructed to revise security rules taking into account events in Japan,” he said, according to News.am.
Tigran Sargsyan said that the IAEA mission would conduct stress testing to reveal the strengths and weaknesses of the Armenian nuclear power station.
An IAEA Operational Safety Review Team is to begin a visit to Armenia on 16 May to conduct the stress tests.
Azerbaijani Prime Minister Artur Rasizade has called for international support for the closure of the Armenian nuclear power station, describing it as dangerously outdated.
With the current problems at the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan, Turkey has also called on Armenia to shut down the Metsamor nuclear power plant.
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