Rosatom State Corporation is preparing for negotiations with Turkish partners on the projects of new nuclear power plants (nuclear power plants). This was announced by the general director of Rosatom Alexei Likhachev at the site of the first Turkish nuclear power plant being built.
“Turkey is going to build several powerful nuclear power plants, including the Sinop region. We are very supporting this solution. Moreover, an effective cluster of Turkish builders has developed at the Akkoy nuclear power plant. We, of course, know about the plans of the Turkish government and get ready. By the beginning of official negotiations. When negotiations begin, the Turkish government will determine, but we have our own proposals both by the technical appearance and the localization of the powerful [nuclear power plant] in Turkey and the economic plot, ”he said, whose words are quoted by Interfax. .
According to him, the physical launch of Akkui NPP in Turkey is scheduled for the next year.
“We plan to make an physical recruitment next year, display the reactor to the minimum controlled power and start a phased set of reactor power, so that in 2025 it is already steadily issuing electricity,” he said, noting that the corresponding deadlines were recorded in the agreements between the countries Within the framework of inter -preparations.