Reuters Agency reported that according to Armenian authorities, the Metsamor power plant was struck by lightning on the evening of Friday, August 30. The plant, which is located 25 kilometers from the capital Yerevan and is supervised by the government, went into emergency shutdown. It should be noted that this is the only nuclear power plant in Armenia.
Armenia's only nuclear power plant struck by lightning, recovery underway
As a result of the discharge, “the safety systems switched to emergency shutdown mode of the power plant,” the Armenian Ministry of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure reported, as quoted by the agency. The Metsamor plant was additionally disconnected from the network.
Currently, one of the plant's two reactors, which was built in 1976, is already operating. The Armenian government has announced that the facility's employees are working to restore its full operation.
The first nuclear power plant is to be built in Poland. Support will be provided by the state budget
How recently we informedthe construction of the first nuclear power plant has already been confirmed in Poland. It is to be built in Pomerania in Lubiatowo-Kopalino, where in 2028 after the planned completion wash around the future areas of the establishment construction of the reactor itself will begin. It will be ready in 2035 at the earliest.
The government's plenipotentiary for strategic energy infrastructure, Maciej Bando, informed that a total of approximately PLN 115 billion will be allocated for the construction of the nuclear power plant alone. “The company Polish Elektrownie Jądrowe sp. z o. o., whose sole shareholder is the State Treasury – will receive approximately PLN 60 billion of public support in the years 2025-2030 for the implementation of this strategic energy investment” – it was added in the project, published in list of legislative and programmatic works of the Council of Ministers.