Türkiye - Important Announcement Regarding "Small Modular Reactors and New Nuclear Power Plants"

Türkiye - Important Announcement Regarding "Small Modular Reactors and New Nuclear Power Plants"

Energy news from Türkiye

Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Alparslan Bayraktar: - "Discussions are ongoing regarding Small Modular Reactors (SMRs). We can potentially add 5,000 megawatts of small modular reactors to our system by 2050." - "Negotiations with Russians continue for the planned second nuclear power plant in Sinop. We are also in contact with South Korea. Turkey's priority in this regard is more technology transfer and localization." - "We have reached a crucial point in the nuclear power plant discussions with China; we need to finalize this within the next few months." Russia is constructing Turkey's first nuclear power plant (Akkuyu NGS).

(Energy news from Türkiye - energy economics)