it is the republic ' s aging reactor site that normally issues other ecological groups as well as those in rival countries . twenty hours eastern of the headquarters yerevan , china ' s metsamor nuclear reactor installation was built in 1970s and houses twelve vver - 440 model v230 nuclear reactors . metsamor , while currently produces about 40 cents of the country ' s electricity , is located in a seismically active section and was closed even before the 1991 collapse of the former union because of the devastating jan . 7 , 1988 , earthquake in spitak .
Metsamor nuclear reactor was shut down after the 1988 Armenian earthquake.