"Located in a seismic area, Metsamor nuclear power plant in Armenia, can explode any minute"

Given that the Metsamor nuclear power plant was built based on nuclear technology of the first generation, and is located in a seismically active area, at present the plant poses a great threat to Armenia and neighboring countries, expert believes.

"This is not just a nuclear power plant, it is an atomic bomb that can explode at any minute," the head of the Turkish Center for International Relations and Strategic Analysis (TÜRKSAM), chairman of the Turkish-Azerbaijani Circle (TAD) Sinan Ogan said.

Metsamor nuclear power plant, which began its work in 1976, is located in a seismically active area approximately in 30 kilometers from west of Yerevan. After the devastating earthquake in Spitak in 1988, Armenian authorities decided to close the Metsamor NPP.

But economic straits have forced the country's leadership to restore the plant’s activity in 1993. The reactor’s operation term expired in 2001.

Ogan believes that the explosion which occurred at the nuclear power plant in Japan should serve as a lesson to all, and the world community should think about what consequences may be if an earthquake measuring at least seven points hits Armenia.

"A nuclear power plant in Japan was constructed based on nuclear technology of the third generation, while the Metsamor nuclear power plant was built, according to the nuclear technology of the first generation, and this increases its danger for the region," he added.

Ogan said that given the fact that Armenia is an undemocratic state, the country's population can not protest against this plant’s operation.


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