FEDERATION COUNCIL OF RUSSIA APPROVES NUCLEAR POWER PLANT CONSTRUCTION IN TURKEY

MOSCOW (A.A) - 24.11.2010 - Federation Council, upper house of Russian Parliament, approved on Wednesday the agreement which envisions construction of nuclear power plant in  Akkuyu hamlet of Turkey's southern province of Mersin.
Earlier, Duma, lower house of Russian Parliament, approved the agreement with 315 against 6 votes of parliamentarians. 
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev paid a visit to Turkey on May 12, and signed the agreement on nuclear power plant which will have 4.8 GW capacity and will be comprised of four units.
The approval of the agreement will be signed by Medvedev too.
Yuri Lipatov, Chairman of the Energy Committee of Duma, said in an earlier statement that the project was the most important strategic cooperation between Turkey and Russia.
Noting that the first phase of the construction of the power plant would be made by Russian companies, Lipatov said that the first phase would enter commercial use seven years after all documents and licenses were delivered.
Russian government approved the names of companies, which will undertake the construction of the nuclear power plant, on November 17. It announced that the project will be pursued by Russian "ZAO Atomstroyeksport", "Inter RAO UES", "Rosenergoatom", "Atomenergoremont" and "Atomtehenergo" companies.