ARMENIAN NPP WASTE LEVEL 100 TIMES LOWER THAN PERMISSIBLE NORM, ARMENIA STATES IN RESPONSE TO TURKEY CONCERN

The systematic control of waste at the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant (ANPP) lets one state that its level is 100-200 times lower than the permissible norm. Chief of the State Atomic Control of Armenia Ashot Martirosian told it to Mediamax agency when commenting on the reports that Turkey measures the radiation background at the border with Armenia. In A. Martirosian’s words, reduction of the level of waste of the ANPP was registered recently due to the launching of ALARA special system with the support of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). At the same time he noted that the impact of the ANPP is regularly monitored and the results evidence it is several dozens of times lower than the maximum admissible norm.