U.S.-based nuclear power company Westinghouse
Electric Company, China’s State Nuclear Power
Technology Corporation (SNPTC) and Turkey’s
state-owned power producer Electricity Generation
Company (EUAS) have agreed to enter exclusive
talks to build a nuclear power plant in Turkey,
Westinghouse said on Monday.
The project involves development and construction
as well as all live cycle activities including
operations, nuclear fuel, maintenance,
engineering, plant services and decommissioning,
Westinghouse said in a statement.
The plant will have four nuclear reactors based on
Westinghouse’s AP1000 reactor technology.
Westinghouse currently has eight AP1000 units
under construction worldwide. The company has also
recently signed shareholder agreements for the
development of AP1000 plants at nuclear plant
sites in the UK and Bulgaria, it added.
Turkey currently has projects for two nuclear
plants. In 2011, the country’s energy ministry
contracted Russian company Rosatom to build and
operate a 4,800 megawatt (MW) nuclear power plant
in the southern province of Mersin. In 2013, a
consortium of Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries,
Itochu Corp. and France’s GDF Suez agreed to build
a nuclear plant with a capacity of about 4,500 MW
in the Black Sea town of Sinop. The Turkish
government also plans to start the construction of
its third nuclear power plant with its own
resources by 2018-2019, local news agency Anadolu
Ajansi said in October citing the country’s prime
minister Ahmet Davutoglu.
Source: SeeNews