The scheduled repair at the Metsamor nuclear-power plant (NPP) in Armenia will last until October 21.

The managing company informed NEWS.am that the NPP was been shut down for refueling and maintenance on September 5. The source pointed out that no power supply problems should be expected in Armenia.

The annual energy output of the Metsamor NPP is 2bn kwh. The station can operate until 2016. Armenia pledged to shut the NPP down by signing an action plan under the New European Neighborhood program.

Armenia plans to construct a new NPP with a capacity of 1,200 MW by 2016. The construction project is estimated at US $4bn. Such investors as the Eurasian Development Bank have been involved in the project. The WorleyParsons consortium (Australia) won the contest for the construction of a new NPP in Armenia. The company will design the new NPP and announce contests for potential investors.