Akkuyu

Türkiye aims to have three nuclear power plants by 2035, Energy and Natural Resources Minister Alparslan Bayraktar has said, adding that final decisions will be made regarding the planned two nuclear power plants next year.

The Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant will commence power generation in 2025, the minister told a group of journalists.

Energy and Natural Resources Minister Alparslan Bayraktar has announced that more than 350 Turkish nuclear engineers are now actively working at the Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant (NPP).

"Türkiye, with its highly trained nuclear engineers, is taking a decisive step towards energy independence," Bayraktar stated, highlighting the strategic importance of the project.

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Türkiye aims to have 7,200 megawatts of nuclear power by 2035, Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar has said, adding that without nuclear energy the country is unlikely to meet its 2052 net-zero target.

"We need to build two more reactors until 2035 in order to achieve this target," he told daily Milliyet.

Construction of Turkey's first nuclear power plant is being delayed by Germany's Siemens Energy withholding key parts required for it to be built by Russia's Rosatom, which is seeking alternatives in China, Turkey's energy minister said on Wednesday.

Rosatom is 90 percent likely to acquire the second Turkish nuclear power plant (NPP) project in the Black Sea province of Sinop for implementation given the Russian corporation's competitive advantages, TASS quoted State Duma Committee on Energy Chair Pavel Zavalny as saying.

Turkey is set to join the nuclear energy club, with the Akkuyu plant expected to go online at the end of the year. It has plans for two more nuclear energy sites. Expert Eleni Ekmektsioglou joins Thanos Davelis to look into Turkey's nuclear energy ambitions and what they mean for regional stability.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has announced his intentions to advance regional development in Türkiye's south following the construction of the country's inaugural nuclear power plant in Mersin.

Counterterrorism police in Turkey have arrested an Islamic State group suspect who was working at a nuclear power plant being built in the country's south, local media reported Tuesday.

The Russian national had been working at the Akkuyu nuclear facility under false identity papers, the Ihlas News Agency and other media reported.

Turkish counterterrorism forces apprehended a Russian ISIL suspect who was working at a nuclear power plant being built in the country's south, local media reported on Feb. 13.

The Russian national had been working at the Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant in Mersin under false identity papers, several reports noted.