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Armenian Nuclear Power Plant

Index Armenian Nuclear Power Plant

The Armenian Nuclear Power Plant (ANPP), also known as the Metsamor Nuclear Power Plant, (Armenian: Մեծամորի ատոմային էլեկտրակայան) is the only nuclear power plant in the South Caucasus, located 36 kilometers west of Yerevan in Armenia. [1]

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Table of Contents

  1. 43 relations: Armen Movsisyan, Armenia, Armenians, Chemist, Containment building, Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union, Eastern Europe, Electricity sector in Armenia, Energy in Armenia, Environmentalist, European Union, Federal Agency on Atomic Energy (Russia), Forbes, Fukushima nuclear accident, Geneva Conventions, Genocidal intent, Government of Armenia, Hakob Sanasaryan, International Atomic Energy Agency, International humanitarian law, July 2020 Armenian–Azerbaijani clashes, Lists of nuclear reactors, Ministry of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure, Newsweek, Nuclear energy policy by country, Nuclear power by country, Nuclear power plant, Pressurized water reactor, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Robert Kocharyan, Sergey Kiriyenko, Small modular reactor, South Caucasus, Soviet Union, TASS, The Times, United States, Vardan Ayvazyan, VVER, Watt, Yerevan, Yerevan State University, 1988 Armenian earthquake.

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  3. Nuclear power stations built in the Soviet Union
  4. Nuclear power stations in Armenia
  5. Nuclear power stations using VVER reactors

Armen Movsisyan

Armen Movsisyan (Արմեն Մովսիսյան) (13 January 1962 – 21 September 2015) was the Minister of Energy and Natural Resources of Armenia (2001–2014).

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Armenia

Armenia, officially the Republic of Armenia, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of West Asia.

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Armenians

Armenians (hayer) are an ethnic group and nation native to the Armenian highlands of West Asia.

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Chemist

A chemist (from Greek chēm(ía) alchemy; replacing chymist from Medieval Latin alchemist) is a graduated scientist trained in the study of chemistry, or an officially enrolled student in the field.

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Containment building

A containment building is a reinforced steel, concrete or lead structure enclosing a nuclear reactor.

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Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union

The Council of Ministers of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (p; sometimes abbreviated to Sovmin or referred to as the Soviet of Ministers), was the de jure government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), comprising the main executive and administrative agency of the USSR from 1946 until 1991.

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Eastern Europe

Eastern Europe is a subregion of the European continent.

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Electricity sector in Armenia

The electricity sector of Armenia includes several companies engaged in electricity generation and distribution.

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Energy in Armenia

Energy in Armenia is mostly from natural gas.

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Environmentalist

An environmentalist is a person who is concerned with and/or advocates for the protection of the environment.

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European Union

The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe.

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Federal Agency on Atomic Energy (Russia)

Ministry for Atomic Energy of the Russian Federation and Federal Agency on Atomic Energy (or Rosatom), were a Russian federal executive body from 1992–2008 (as Federal Ministry in 1992–2004 and as Federal Agency in 2004–2008).

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Forbes

Forbes is an American business magazine founded by B. C. Forbes in 1917 and owned by Hong Kong-based investment group Integrated Whale Media Investments since 2014.

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Fukushima nuclear accident

The Fukushima nuclear accident was a major nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Ōkuma, Fukushima, Japan which began on 11 March 2011.

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Geneva Conventions

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Genocidal intent

Genocidal intent is the mens rea (mental element) for the crime of genocide.

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Government of Armenia

The Government of the Republic of Armenia (Հայաստանի Հանրապետության Կառավարություն) or the executive branch of the Armenian government is an executive council of government ministers in Armenia.

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Hakob Sanasaryan

Hakob Sanasaryan (Հակոբ Սանասարյան; born December 21, 1936, in Yeranos, Armenia) is a leading Armenian environmental activist, author and biochemist, the cofounder of one of the first environmentalist groups in the former Soviet Union: Goyapahpanutyun (Գոյապահպանություն meaning survival) in 1985.

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International Atomic Energy Agency

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is an intergovernmental organization that seeks to promote the peaceful use of nuclear energy and to inhibit its use for any military purpose, including nuclear weapons.

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International humanitarian law

International humanitarian law (IHL), also referred to as the laws of armed conflict, is the law that regulates the conduct of war (jus in bello).

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July 2020 Armenian–Azerbaijani clashes

The July 2020 Armenian–Azerbaijani clashes began on 12 July 2020 between the Armenian Armed Forces and Azerbaijani Armed Forces.

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Lists of nuclear reactors

This following is a list of articles listing nuclear reactors.

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Ministry of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure

The Ministry of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure of Armenia (Հայաստանի տարածքային կառավարման և ենթակառուցվածքների նախարարություն) is a republican body of executive authority, which elaborates and implements the government's policy in the field of local governance and infrastructures.

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Newsweek

Newsweek is a weekly news magazine.

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Nuclear energy policy by country

National nuclear energy policy is a national policy concerning some or all aspects of nuclear energy, such as mining for nuclear fuel, extraction and processing of nuclear fuel from the ore, generating electricity by nuclear power, enriching and storing spent nuclear fuel and nuclear fuel reprocessing.

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Nuclear power by country

Nuclear power plants operate in 32 countries and generate about a tenth of the world's electricity.

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Nuclear power plant

A nuclear power plant (NPP) or atomic power station (APS) is a thermal power station in which the heat source is a nuclear reactor.

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Pressurized water reactor

A pressurized water reactor (PWR) is a type of light-water nuclear reactor.

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Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) is an American government-funded international media organization that broadcasts and reports news, information, and analyses to Eastern Europe, Central Asia, the Caucasus, and the Middle East.

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Robert Kocharyan

Robert Sedraki Kocharyan (Ռոբերտ Սեդրակի Քոչարյան; born 31 August 1954) is an Armenian politician.

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Sergey Kiriyenko

Sergey Vladilenovich Kiriyenko (né Izraitel; Серге́й Владиле́нович Кирие́нко; born 26 July 1962) is a Russian politician who has served as First Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Administration of Russia since 5 October 2016.

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Small modular reactor

Small modular reactors (SMRs) are a class of small nuclear fission reactors, designed to be built in a factory, shipped to operational sites for installation and then used to power buildings or other commercial operations.

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South Caucasus

The South Caucasus, also known as Transcaucasia or the Transcaucasus, is a geographical region on the border of Eastern Europe and West Asia, straddling the southern Caucasus Mountains.

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Soviet Union

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.

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TASS

The Russian News Agency TASS, or simply TASS, is a Russian state-owned news agency founded in 1904.

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The Times

The Times is a British daily national newspaper based in London.

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United States

The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.

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Vardan Ayvazyan

Vardan Ayvazyan (Վարդան Այվազյան; born 7 November 1961) is the current Ecology Minister of Armenia.

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VVER

The water-water energetic reactor (WWER), or VVER (from водо-водяной энергетический реактор; transliterates as; water-water power reactor) is a series of pressurized water reactor designs originally developed in the Soviet Union, and now Russia, by OKB Gidropress.

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Watt

The watt (symbol: W) is the unit of power or radiant flux in the International System of Units (SI), equal to 1 joule per second or 1 kg⋅m2⋅s−3.

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Yerevan

Yerevan (Երևան; sometimes spelled Erevan) is the capital and largest city of Armenia, as well as one of the world's oldest continuously inhabited cities.

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Yerevan State University

Yerevan State University (YSU; Երևանի պետական համալսարան), also simply University of Yerevan, is the oldest continuously operating public university in Armenia.

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1988 Armenian earthquake

The 1988 Armenian earthquake, also known as the Spitak earthquake (Spitaki yerkrasharzh), occurred on December 7 at with a surface wave magnitude of 6.8 and a maximum MSK intensity of X (Devastating).

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See also

Inter RAO

Nuclear power stations built in the Soviet Union

Nuclear power stations in Armenia

Nuclear power stations using VVER reactors

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenian_Nuclear_Power_Plant

Also known as Armenia Nuclear Power Plant, Armenia Nuclear Power Station, Armenian NPP, Medzamor Nuclear Power Plant, Metsamor NPP, Metsamor Nuclear Power Plant, Oktemberyan Nuclear Power Plant.