Turkey to Start Building Third N-plant by 2018/19

Turkey intends to start the construction of its third nuclear power plant with own resources by 2018-2019, local media reported on Wednesday, citing the country’s prime minister Ahmet Davutoglu.

Turkey, which will have two nuclear plants in operation by 2023, will start work on the third after securing enough experts with the necessary qualifications, news agency Anadolu Ajansi reported, quoting Davutoglu.

In 2011, Turkey’s energy ministry contracted Russian company Rosatom to build and operate the country’s first nuclear power plant in the southern province of Mersin. The construction of the 4,800 megawatt (MW) Akkuyu nuclear plant will commence in the spring of 2015, the news agency said, citing Turkey’s energy minister Taner Yildiz.

A consortium of Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Itochu Corp. and France’s GDF Suez agreed to build Turkey’s second nuclear power plant in 2013. The plant, to be located in the Black Sea town of Sinop, will have a capacity of about 4,500 MW and is estimated to cost $22 billion (28 billion euro). Last week, local daily Hurriyet quoted Yildiz as saying the plant will be ready by 2023.

Source: SeeNews