The acting minister of energy infrastructures and natural resources of the RA Garegin Baghramyan paid a working visit to the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant (ANPP) on 30 October.  He became familiar with the work currently performed at the ANPP, with the results of industrial and economic activity, as well as with the activities aimed at Unit 2 life extension.

Garegin Baghramyan performed a plant walk-down, he visited the Turbine Department and in the field became familiar with the progress of activities on maintenance and modernization, as well as with further actions.

Then a working meeting headed by the acting minister was conducted at the ANPP with participation of the ANPP executive staff, managers of main departments and employees.

During the discussions the acting minister gave a number of instructions, in particular, he called on to be consistent so that the modernization and refitting activities are performed adequately and in accordance with the established schedule. He also addressed the issues related to personnel optimization.

At the meeting the ANPP employees asked Garegin Baghramyan questions they were concerned about and as a result relevant instructions were given.

It is to be recalled that after the outage the 4-th turbine generator of Unit 2 was connected to the RA grid on 1 August, 2018. The 4-th turbine generator was started in compliance with all the technical requirements. The work on modernization of the 3-rd turbine-generator set is ongoing, it will be started and connected to the RA grid. As a result, the maximum power of the unit will increase from the current 380 MW to 400 MW without an increase in fuel consumption.