Armenia and Russia have signed a contract on modernising and extending the lifespan of Armenia’s only commercially operating nuclear power plant until 2036.
The work will be carried out by Rusatom Service JSC, a subsidiary of Russia’s state nuclear corporation Rosatom, and will cost the Armenian government $65m (€59m), reports said.
In 2021 Armenia said it was planning to extend the operating lifetime of Armenian-2 for another 10 years beyond the current shutdown date of 2026. It has also said it is considering the possible construction of new reactors, potentially inclkuding small modular plants.