Turkey to Announce Its Nuclear Program Soon
Turkey will soon announce its program on the peaceful use of nuclear energy, Turkish FM Abdullah Gul stated after a meeting with International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Mohamed ElBaradei in Vienna. «Our nuclear program will be of peaceful nature exclusively. It will be based on transparency, openness to cooperation and interaction with the IAEA. Within its nuclear program Turkey plans to build three nuclear power plants (NPP) by 2016. The construction of these, according to experts' estimates, will cost $7-8 billion. The overall capacity of Turkish NPPs will make some 5 thousand MW,» Gul remarked.
Beginning the building of the first station is scheduled in 2007. The first Turkish NPP will be built in Sinop Black Sea province. It will be run by 2012. Russia, US, China, UK, France, Canada, South Korea and Japan show interest towards the construction project. Turkey has many times announced a tender for NPP building. In 2000 the project of the first NPP was closed owing to lack of financing.
Turkish authorities speeded up works relating to the building of the NPP after abrupt decrease of natural gas import from Iran in January 2006. Turkish Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Hilmi Guler said at the time it was necessary to reduce external dependency from energy supplies and its soonest diversification, reports CNN-Turk TV Company.
Beginning the building of the first station is scheduled in 2007. The first Turkish NPP will be built in Sinop Black Sea province. It will be run by 2012. Russia, US, China, UK, France, Canada, South Korea and Japan show interest towards the construction project. Turkey has many times announced a tender for NPP building. In 2000 the project of the first NPP was closed owing to lack of financing.
Turkish authorities speeded up works relating to the building of the NPP after abrupt decrease of natural gas import from Iran in January 2006. Turkish Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Hilmi Guler said at the time it was necessary to reduce external dependency from energy supplies and its soonest diversification, reports CNN-Turk TV Company.
