Armenia to build new nuke plant if it proves efficient pricewise: ministerOctober 17, 2017 - 16:24 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia will build a new nuclear plant if it turns out to be efficient price-wise, justice minister Davit Harutyunyan told reporters on Tuesday, October 17. The new framework agreement to be signed between Armenia and the European Union stipulates the closure and safe decommissioning of Metsamor nuclear power plant. "Imagine for a second that modern technologies enable producing the same amount of energy with or without a nuclear plant, while a nuclear plant makes the energy we provide more expensive. Which way should we choose? Of course (we should take the path of) modern technologies," Harutyunyan said. The minister was responding to a question about whether the government is going to abandon the idea of building a new nuclear power plant. "The government will each time assess and make a corresponding decision, taking into account scientific advances, prices for energy carriers, current trends and the best options for Armenia," the minister said. Top stories Yerevan has dismissed Turkey’s demand to shut down the Armenian nuclear power plant as “inappropriate”. Armenia will loan 2.9 billion drams to Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh), according to a draft government decision. The Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Azerbaijan has “strongly condemned” Armenia’s decision. Kerobyan has said that for the first time in the history of Armenia, the volume of foreign direct investments amounted to about $1 billion. Partner news | Erdogan wants “realistic road map” for relations with Armenia Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called for a “new realistic road map” for relations with Armenia. Armenia-Azerbaijan: Experts launch work on determining coordinates Expert groups from the countries started the process of determining the coordinates based on geodetic measurements. Yerevan says did not expect CSTO in peacekeeping role Pashinyan has declared that the CSTO would be expected to come to the Armenia-Azerbaijan border as an ally of Armenia Henrikh Mkhitaryan wins Serie A title with Inter Inter Milan midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan admits that the team have long been imagining clinching Serie A against AC Milan. |