Rusatom Service of Russia announced the competed delivery of a new turbo generators for the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant in Metsamor as part of a refurbishment program. A second new generator is expected to be delivered in December 2018.
The heavy component was delivered over sea and land, arriving at the Georgia port of Poti on the eastern coast of the Black Sea before being transferred overland. The contract also calls for installation services.
The old generators at the plant have been in operation since the 1980s, but they were manufactured in the 1970s. Armenia currently has one VVER—440 nuclear power plant that provides the country with 31 percent of its electricity generation, according to the World Nuclear Association.