”Rosatom” is ready to undertake the neutralization of the former “Nairit” chemical plant’s territory in Yerevan

”Rosatom” is ready to apply all its available technologies and expertise to implement a project for neutralizing the territory of the former “Nairit” chemical plant in Armenia, the Federal Ecological Operator company (FSUE FEO, an enterprise of Rosatom) told TASS.

As noted, ”Rosatom” possesses all the technologies and expertise required to eliminate the most complex sites of accumulated environmental damage—potential ecological disasters in the future—and is ready to apply them to solve a wide variety of tasks, including the project to make the territory of the former “Nairit” chemical plant in Armenia safe.

“The issue of ”Rosatom’s” potential participation in solving the problems of the former “Nairit” chemical plant has been discussed since 2022. The site is a very complex industrial area with accumulated chemical substances and waste, located near residential zones. Such complex sites require comprehensive work: site surveys, technology development, safe handling of hazardous substances, and long-term monitoring,” FEO noted.

In 2023, at the request of Armenian partners and using its own funds, a company within the ”Rosatom” perimeter conducted a site survey and an inventory of the accumulated waste. Following this, the results of the survey and proposals for further work were presented to the Armenian side.