The Akkuyu nuclear plant has been built in Turkey’s southern province of Mersin and will have a production capacity of 4,800 megawatts (Photo: File).
Ankara: Turkey inaugurated the country’s first nuclear power plant built with the help of Russia.
According to the Turkish news agency Anadolu, on Thursday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said during his virtual speech at the nuclear fuel delivery ceremony for the first time at the Akkuyo Power Plant that after a delay of 60 years, Turkey will become one of the countries with nuclear power in the world. Joined the ranks, the plant has now achieved the status of a nuclear plant, with the delivery of nuclear fuel by air and sea to the Aquivo Power Plant.
The Akkuyu nuclear plant, built in Turkey’s southern province of Mersin, is expected to have a production capacity of 4,800 megawatts and four reactors, the nuclear plant will be able to start producing electricity later this year.
It may be recalled that an intergovernmental agreement between Turkey and Russia for the Akuyo nuclear plant was signed in May 2010 and the groundbreaking ceremony for the plant was held on April 3, 2018, after which construction began on the first unit.
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said that, like many important projects, Akio was implemented with a financing model that does not burden our national budget and is our largest joint investment with Russia.
He added that this project will contribute to reducing Turkey’s natural gas imports by 1.5 billion dollars annually and will also lead to an increase in national income.
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