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Turkish minister hopes to see nuclear reactor by 2023
ANKARA (A.A) – Feb 9 – Turkey's energy and natural resources minister said on Wednesday that he hoped to see nuclear reactors in Turkey by 2023.
Taner Yildiz said he hoped to see a Turkey with three main blocks and 12 reactors by 2023.
"We have set up the project company (with the Russian Federation), and we have launched initiatives regarding the place we will establish the power plant," Yildiz said during a conference on nuclear energy in Ankara.
Yildiz said Turkey was also holding talks with Japan regarding the other nuclear power plant planned to be constructed in the Black Sea province of Sinop.
The minister said four reactors would be installed in Akkuyu region of the southern province of Mersin, and four others in Sinop.
In May 2010, Turkey and Russia signed a deal for construction of Turkey's first nuclear power plant in Akkuyu, a small town on the Mediterranean coast, which is expected to cost about 20 billion USD. Russian state-owned atomic power company ROSATOM is likely to start building the Akkuyu nuclear power plant in 2013 and the first reactor is planned to generate electricity in 2018.
Russia will build four 1,200 megawatt units on Akkuyu site, and run the power plant for 60 years. Turkish state-owned electricity corporation has guaranteed to buy a fixed amount of the plant's output over the first 15 years starting from initial commercial operation at a reported price of 12.35 US cents per kWh, with the rest of the electricity to be sold on the open market by the project company.
Turkey and Japan started nuclear plant talks in November 2010 after a failure with South Korea's state nuclear company KEPCO.
Taner Yildiz said he hoped to see a Turkey with three main blocks and 12 reactors by 2023.
"We have set up the project company (with the Russian Federation), and we have launched initiatives regarding the place we will establish the power plant," Yildiz said during a conference on nuclear energy in Ankara.
Yildiz said Turkey was also holding talks with Japan regarding the other nuclear power plant planned to be constructed in the Black Sea province of Sinop.
The minister said four reactors would be installed in Akkuyu region of the southern province of Mersin, and four others in Sinop.
In May 2010, Turkey and Russia signed a deal for construction of Turkey's first nuclear power plant in Akkuyu, a small town on the Mediterranean coast, which is expected to cost about 20 billion USD. Russian state-owned atomic power company ROSATOM is likely to start building the Akkuyu nuclear power plant in 2013 and the first reactor is planned to generate electricity in 2018.
Russia will build four 1,200 megawatt units on Akkuyu site, and run the power plant for 60 years. Turkish state-owned electricity corporation has guaranteed to buy a fixed amount of the plant's output over the first 15 years starting from initial commercial operation at a reported price of 12.35 US cents per kWh, with the rest of the electricity to be sold on the open market by the project company.
Turkey and Japan started nuclear plant talks in November 2010 after a failure with South Korea's state nuclear company KEPCO.
