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          Academic staff members of Baku Higher Oil School (BHOS) Dr.Rauf Nadirov and  Dr. Ogtay Rzayev published a manuscript “The Metsamor Nuclear Power Plant in the Active Tectonic Zone of Armenia is a Potential Caucasian Fukushima” in peer-review “Journal of Geoscience and Environment Protection” with Google-based Impact Factor. The authors write about complex geological structure of the region, where the Metsamor Nuclear Power Plant (MNPP) in Armenia is located. This region of the Lesser Caucasus, they say, is characterized by high volcanic activity, tectonic stresses, and movements along the edges of active, seismic tectonic blocks. Moreover, they warn, this station literally sits on the active tectonic fault of compression type.

 

          When construction of the plant commenced, seismic risks were significantly underestimated. This fact was confirmed by destructive Spitak earthquake with over 25 thousand death toll. The article provides an analysis of intensities of the earthquakes in the area of the MNPP and risks of movements along active tectonic faults. With reference to numerous works by Armenian, Russian and European researchers dedicated to seismic hazards and risks in the area of the MNPP, Azerbaijani scientists make a conclusion that Metsamor Nuclear Power Plant Power Plant should be shut down and be kept in conservation. 

 

          Full text of the article is available at the Journal website at http://www.scirp.org/journal/gep and    

 

          BHOS Repository at http://dspace.bhos.edu.az