Lithuanian company to upgrade Armenian NPPDecember 15, 2010 - 15:24 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Lithuanian Baltijos informacinės sistemos company will deal with upgrade of the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) next year, the project costing 3.45 million litas, delfi.lt reported. “The Armenian NPP constructed in 1976 lacks a standby emergency shutdown station and post-emergency monitoring system. Our purpose is to introduce these systems so that the NPP meets all modern safety requirements,“ company CEO Kastitis Butkus said. According to him, the project on upgrade of the NPP will bring not only new experience for the company, but will also secure successful development in the CIS countries in future. Baltijos informacinės sistemos is the only company in Lithuania, which deals with monitoring and management systems of nuclear energy. It has upgraded numerous nuclear power plants in Russia. 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 | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. |