Russia `still committed` to Armenian nuclear project
Russia has reaffirmed its commitment to help Armenia build a new nuclear plant, though it said the expensive project will not be easy to implement, Radio Liberty reported.
Nikolay Spassky, deputy director of Russia's state Rosatom nuclear energy agency, said in Yerevan late on October 26 that "for us there are no doubts [regarding the project]. We are not just ready, we want to participate in the elaboration of the financial package."
The new plant would replace the Soviet-era nuclear facility at Metsamor that generates about 40 percent of Armenia's electricity. The Armenian government had pledged to finish its construction by 2017, in time for the planned closure of the Metsamor plant.
But there are growing indications that the decommissioning process of Metsamor will be delayed by several years.
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