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The Turkish government has decided that Rosatom will build the country’s second NPP, Rosatom Director General Alexey Likhachev told the State Duma (Russia’s lower house of parliament). The announcement was broadcast on the website of the lower house. “President [Taiip Revzhip] Erdogan publicly announced that a political decision had been made to transfer another site to us,” Likhachev noted. Now we are studying the details. Most likely, it will be a site called Sinop.”

Source: NEI Magazine
Date: Thursday, 07 March 2024
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsrosatom-to-build-second-npp-in-turkiye-at-sinop-11575111

First Akkuyu plant due online in 2023 with possibility of more units at Sinop and Igneada The first Akkuyu unit is expected to come online in 2023 with a further unit starting every year afterwards. Courtesy Rosatom. New nuclear reactors under construction and being planned in Turkey will help meet the fast-growing economy’s “massive” demand for energy and reduce the country’s dependence on polluting fossil fuels, the Italian representative of the NIATR (Nuclear Industry Association of Turkish Republic) said.

According to Turkey’s ministry of energy and natural resources, energy consumption in 2012 was 239 TWh a year, while in 2023 forecasts say it could reach as much as 478 TWh.

However, Massimo Giorgi of NIATR told NucNet that the current energy mix will not meet demand and the lack of reliable, diversified, low-cost energy is an obstacle to Ankara’s economic plans.

Once fully operational, the $20bn Akkuyu nuclear power station, where Turkey is building four 1,114-MW pressurised water reactor units supplied by Russia, will provide about 10% of the country’s total electricity generation.

Source: Nucnet
Date: Tuesday, 18 January 2022
Original article: nucnet.org/news/new-reactors-will-help-meet-massive-demand-for-energy-and-reduce-reliance-on-fossil-fuels-1-1-2022

Turkey plans to build more nuclear power plants after it completes Akkuyu, the country's president said yesterday. "After Akkuyu nuclear power plant, we will swiftly begin preparations for our second and third power plants," Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said. Akkuyu is expected to generate its first electricity in 2023.

Source: World Nuclear News
Date: Thursday, 11 November 2021
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Turkish-President-Erdogan-looks-to-further-new-nuc

The Czech Ministry of Industry and Trade on 8 July published a resolution giving preliminary approval for Elektrárna Dukovany II, a subsidiary of power utility CEZ, which is 70% state-owned, to build at least one new reactor, with up to three more at the Dukovany and Temelín nuclear plants.

Source: NEI Magazine
Date: Thursday, 11 July 2019
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsczech-republic-commits-to-nuclear-new-build-7307498.1

A new agency has been established in Turkey to regulate the nuclear energy sector, the Official Gazette announced on 9 July.

Source: NEI Magazine
Date: Friday, 13 July 2018
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsturkey-sets-up-new-nuclear-regulator-6244883

Japanese trading house Itochu is pulling out of Turkey’s second nuclear plant project in the face of increased safety-related costs, the Nikkei reported on 24 April. The project was agreed by the Japanese and Turkish governments in 2013.

Source: NEI Magazine
Date: Monday, 30 April 2018
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsjapans-itochu-pulls-out-of-turkish-nuclear-project-6133206

Russia's permanent representative to international organisations in Vienna (including the International Atomic Energy Agency), Vladimir Voronkov, said on 30 June that the Akkuyu NPP project in Turkey could now move forward. The project had been effectively (but not formally) frozen since November 2015 when a Turkish fighter jet shot down a Russian Su-24 bomber over Syria. However, an apology from Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan now seems to have ended the stalemate.

Source: NEI Magazine
Date: Tuesday, 05 July 2016
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsturkeys-akkuyu-npp-may-now-move-forward-4941448


Kazakhstan's National Nuclear Centre (NCC RK) has conducted a core melt experiment as part of the "Fukushima Debris" project which was carried out jointly with Japanese companies, NNC RK said on 15 January.

Source: NEI Magazine
Date: Wednesday, 20 January 2016
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsfukushima-core-melt-experiment-conducted-in-kazakhstan-4788834

US-based GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Vietnam Atomic Energy Agency (VAEA) "aimed at enhancing the agency's understanding of light water reactor technology and nuclear project management". The agreement calls for GEH and VAEA to "cooperate to promote training and development of qualified human resources" associated with the development of Vietnam's civil nuclear power programme. GEH will provide practical work experience for VAEA staff in areas such as nuclear safety culture, project management and quality assurance.

Source: NEI Magazine
Date: Wednesday, 28 October 2015
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsus-geh-signs-agreement-with-vietnam-4702964

Amid some controversy, Japan's parliament has approved a plan to allow civil nuclear technology exports to Turkey and UAE.

Source: NEI Magazine
Date: Tuesday, 22 April 2014
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsjapanese-government-approves-nuclear-exports-to-turkey-and-uae-4218216