Armenia participates in IAEA 56th General Conference

The 56th International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) General Conference launched in Vienna on Monday, with the participation of the IAEA member-states’ delegations. The Armenian delegation is headed by the Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Armen Movsisyan, ministerial press service reports.
IAEA Director General the Yukiya Amano opened the 56th session and presented the IAEA annual report. The Armenian Minister also delivered a speech during the conference. He touched upon a number of serious issues, in particular, use of atomic energy for peaceful purposes, as well as raising the security level of the Nuclear Power Plants (NPP) worldwide.
Movsisyan also spoke about prospects of the atomic energy development in Armenia and construction of a new NPP unit. The Minister underscored importance of cooperation with international agencies noting that Armenia continues efforts into improving safety level of the existing NPP unit.