Πέμπτη 17 Μαρτίου 2011

Turkey determined to go ahead with nuclear plant project


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17/03/2011
Turkey is ready to break ground on its first nuclear plant in an area near an active fault line.
(Zaman, Deutsche Welle, Business Day - 17/03/11; RIA Novosti, Hurriyet, World Bulletin, RFE/RL, The Moscow Times - 16/03/11)

Despite the unfolding nuclear disaster in Japan, Turkey has made clear that it is not planning to suspend its atomic power programme and is ready to kick-start the construction of its first plant in the town of Akkuyu, in the southern Mersin province. "We want to start this as soon as possible. Everything is ready," Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said at a business forum in Moscow on Tuesday (March 15th).
Last May, the government of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) signed an agreement with Russia on construction of the Akkuyu nuclear power plant. Under the deal, Russian nuclear corporation Rosatom will build the four-reactor facility, with a total capacity of 4,800MW and an estimated cost of $20 billion, which it will then operate for a period of 60 years. ...more...
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