From: Justin Burke (JBurke@sorosny.org)
Date: Mon Apr 07 2003 - 12:25:01 EDT
CASPIAN NEWS AGENCY
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/14:42 07.04.2003/ Armenian Nuclear Plant shuts down for repairs
Yerevan, April 7, 2003. (CNA). The Armenian nuclear power plant has been
stopped for planned repairs and refuelling, its director Gagik Markosyan
said on Saturday 5 April. Specialists are cooling the reactor. The
plant's nuclear fuel has been used up and there is no point in
restarting the station, he said. After the plant's security has been
upgraded, specialists will begin to load nuclear fuel, which is due to
be brought from Russia, he said. If the fuel arrives on time, the plant
will be able to resume operation in the summer, the director said. While
the nuclear power plant is under repairs, the Razdan hydroelectric power
plant will make up for the shortfall in power generation.
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/14:25 07.04.2003/ Russia and Kazakhstan finalize agreement on Caspian
Sea reserves
Moscow, April 7. 2003. Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a
federal law on the ratification of an agreement between Russia and
Kazakhstan on the use of reserves in the northern part of the Caspian
Sea and the related protocol signed between the two countries on the
sovereign right on the use of reserves. Russia and Kazakhstan signed an
agreement on the delimitation of the sea bottom in the north Caspian Sea
on July 6, 1998. The agreement was approved by the lower house of the
Russian parliament on March 19, 2003 and by the upper house of March 26,
2003.
Currently, reserves of the northern Caspian region are estimated
at 1-1.2bn tons of oil, 80 percent of which belongs to Kazakhstan and 20
percent will be developed by Russia, RBC reports.
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