Stress test is already under way at Armenian Nuclear Power Plant, Armenian Energy and Natural Resources Ministry's Press Secretary Lusine Harutyunyan said on Monday.
After the disaster at Japan's Fukushima plant , all the nuclear plants across the world were instructed to enhance security.
Stress test is a long-lasting process, which implies some measures and tests.
Harutyunyan said that this stress test wouldn't affect the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant's operation.
It was reported earlier that European Commission can finance stress tests in some countries which don't enjoy EU membership. Armenia was among these countries.
Members of OSART commission operating under the auspices of IAEA will take part in these tests.
EU officials have repeatedly noted that in the event of an accident at a nuclear power plant the radiation will not stop at the borders of the country where the station is, therefore, it urged its neighbors to carry out security checks, similar to tests in the EU.
The European Commission is now taking steps to launch tests in Switzerland, Armenia and Ukraine.
The European Commission launched the process of examining the operational safety of European nuclear power plants On June 1.
The results of stress tests conducted in EU countries will be released on December 9, 2011. Armenian Nuclear Power Plant sits near Metsamor (20 or 30 kilometers south of Yerevan).
The plant started operating in 1976, and now only the second, 407.5-megawatt unit operates.
INTER RAO UES belonging to Russian state-owned Rosatom runs the plant's funds from 2003 and will run them until 2013. Specialists say the plant can operate until 2016.
