Armenian Nuclear Power Plant explosion: Next Chernobyl? Experts warn Soviet-era nuclear plant at Armenia could explode at any moment
Where is the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant?
According to the Daily Mail report, it is 22 miles from Yerevan, the capital of Armenia, 22 km from the Armenian capital, near the town of Metsamor. According to the Daily mail report, built in 1976 using Soviet technology technology, it has long been seen controversial because of its location in a direct seismic area.
Experts warn that the metsamor nuclear power plant can be another Chernobyl
Peter Marko Thet, the author of the South Caucasus region, pointed out that as quoted in the report, “Chernobyl” is a real “in the waiting. “Due to the lack of economic resources of Armenia and the precarious structure of the reactor, we can determine that such a nuclear reactor is an explosive that can come out at any moment,” he said. Daily stressed that “Chernobyl melter will have similar effects” as quoted by Mail.
TAE also drew attention to the fact that “soil contamination, water quality deterioration and large air pollution will appear for at least ten years in a tragic melting case for at least ten years,” as quoted in the report.
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Earthquake Risk: Why does Metsamor’s place raise red flags?
“The plant is located in a region with high seismic activity. Represents the risk of insecure nuclear contamination with high operational activity. It is the largest radioactive power center in Europe in the event of an explosion quoted by Daily Mail”.
The plant has a problematic history; After the deadly Spitak earthquake in 1988, the facility was closed for six years, despite the increasing international concern to continue operations in 1995.
“In the second half of the 1980s, the Soviet Union regime decided to close this facility, but unfortunately this decision was never applied. As stated in the report, it represents a close danger to European and South Caucasus countries.”
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Experts say that Armenia’s nuclear power plant is a tickling time bomb
Even before the plan was reopened, warnings came; According to an archived Washington Post article dated 1995, Viktoria Ter-Nikogossian, a consultant to the environmental committee of the Armenian Parliament, called the re-opening “very, very scary” according to the Daily mail report. At that time, he said, “This nuclear power plant can never be safe, and an accident means the end of Armenia, as the Daily mail report is quoted.”
The Washington Post article also quoted Morris Rosen from the International Atomic Energy Agency, who said that the design of the facility was “clearly missing” at that time, “you will never build a plant in that region,” quoted by Daily Mail “.
Calls for the action of the EU and the US to prevent nuclear disaster grow
Meanwhile, TAE, who has written hundreds of articles about the region and examined for 15 years, called for the US and Europe as it was reported by the Daily Mail.
“The EU and the US should immediately take action to secure the physical structure of the reactor and work carefully to close the nuclear time bomb on time,” the EU said.
FAQ
Does the Armenian nuclear power plant still work?
Yes, but according to the Daily mail report, only one of the two original reactors is active.
Could it really be another Chernobyl?
Due to the precarious structure of the reactor, the experts pointed out that the nuclear reactor is a explosive that can come out at any time, similar to Chernobyl, according to the Daily mail report.
