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The level of Armenia's nuclear security falls in line with the demands based on the security standards of the International Atomic Energy Agency and the norms of orders established by the decision of the government in accordance with RA legislation," said today Chairman of the State Nuclear Safety Regulatory Committee under the RA Government Ashot Martirosyan, adding that the fact that there are no limits for security and it must always be raised is another story.

Ashot Martirosyan argued that the level of security is raised at the Armenian atomic station every year and that is why the atomic station is currently not functioning.
The chairman of the state nuclear safety regulatory committee doesn't think the presence of radioactive wastes in Armenia is dangerous.

Martirosyan also addressed the construction of the new atomic station. It is envisaged that the station will have a 1,060 megawatt force instead of the current 407 megabyte. "The current atomic station will stop working when the new atomic station is ready to be exploited."

As for the declaration by coordinator of U.S. assistance to European and Eurasian countries of the U.S. Department of State Daniel Rosemblum according to which the U.S. will be pleased to take part in the construction of a new energy block in Armenia, Ashot Martirosyan welcomed that declaration. "The nuclear isle must be Russian, while other systems and equipment will be selected based on international tenders. There will be international tenders and it will be better if some U.S. organizations wish to participate. There will be an opportunity for a bigger selection," said Ashot Martirosyan.

Examination will show

"There has not been 87 percent uranium enrichment in Armenia," said Ashot Martirosyan as he touched upon Armenian citizens arrested in Georgia under the charge of making an attempt to illegally transfer nuclear material.

Let us remind that they transferred the nuclear material via the Yerevan-Tbilisi train in a "Marlboro" cigarette pack with 18 grams of high uranium enrichment. Experts say 2-5 kilograms of such uranium is needed to prepare the warhead of a nuclear weapon.
"The maximum uranium for enrichment in Armenia is the fuel used at the atomic station with 3.6% enrichment, but there has not been over 80 percent enrichment in Armenia," said Martirosyan, adding that we should wait for the end of the trial in Georgia to determine how those people got the uranium and whether it was in Armenia or not.