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Research Completed for Turkey’s First Nuclear Power Plant

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The seismic research for Turkey’s first nuclear power plant, which is slated to be built in Akkuyu in the southern province of Mersin, have been completed, according to the constructor firm, Russian Rosatom.

Rosatom Deputy Manager Kirill Komarov said the company had completed all the engineering works in the region, including seismic research. He said they planned to obtain an electricity generation permit this year, stressing that their works were proceeding on schedule.

Rosatom applied for an exploration license of stone quarry for the Akkuyu nuclear power plant. “After we obtain all necessary permits, we will present a draft to Turkish officials that will evaluate it until mid-2015. Then start up works will be launched,” he said, adding that electricity generation would begin physically in 2019 but that they aimed to officially open a nuclear power plant by 2020.

Turkey and Russia signed the deal to build the first nucleur power plant at Akkuyu in 2010.

via Research Completed for Turkey’s First Nuclear Power Plant – Energy TribuneEnergy Tribune.

February 19, 2013
Bulgaria: Turkey Not to Build NPP on Bulgarian Border

Bulgaria: Turkey Not to Build NPP on Bulgarian Border – Report

The construction site of what could become a Turkish NPP is said to be visible from the Bulgarian Black Sea village of Rezovo. Map from bivol.bg

Turkey does not intend to construct a nuclear power plant several kilometers away from its border with Bulgaria, a Bulgarian official has stated, denying earlier reports.

Konstantin Grebenarov, district governor of Bulgaria’s Burgas, has assured that Turkey only plans to build a thermal power plant

“Currently there are only private investment intentions for the construction of a thermal power plant there,” Grebenarov told reporters on Monday.

However, the Bulgaria Greens have expressed concerns over the potential power plant near the Bulgarian border. Even a thermal power plant may pose serious environmental risks, Greens party representative Petko Kovachev has told the Bulgarian National Radio.

“Our reaction should be very strong if Turkey is building a nuclear power plant near our border without notifying Bulgaria and the European Commission,” Kovachev declared.

Last week, it emerged that the municipality of the small Black Sea Turkish town of Igneada has received a letter from the central government in Ankara announcing the upcoming construction of a nuclear power plant and thermal power plant on the spot.

Igneada is a town of some 2 000 inhabitants, located 5 km south of the Rezovska (Rezovo) River, which marks the Bulgarian-Turkish border. The first reports that Turkey was planning to build a nuclear power plant there emerged in 2011.

Back in April 2011, the Turkish Consul in Burgas Sibel Arkan told Burgas Mayor Dimitar Nikolov that Igneada is only the project with the third highest possibility to become Turkey’s third NPP and the Turkish government is yet to take a decision on its construction.

In May 2010, Turkey reached an agreement with Russia for the construction of what will become Turkey’s first nuclear power plant in Mersin’s Akkuyu district. Turkey’s second NPP is to be located in Sinop on the Black Sea.

Locals in both Bulgaria and Turkey are said to be alarmed by the reports that a NPP may be built in Igneada.

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via Bulgaria: Turkey Not to Build NPP on Bulgarian Border – Report – Novinite.com – Sofia News Agency.

November 6, 2012
Germany’s RWE Won’t Build New Nuclear Plants Abroad – Report

RWE AG : Germany’s RWE Won’t Build New Nuclear Plants Abroad – Report

06/17/2012 | 05:24pm

German utility RWE AG (RWE.XE) has decided it won’t manufacture any new nuclear plants abroad after Germany’s accelerated nuclear-energy exit, Munich daily Sueddeutsche Zeitung reports in a pre-release of an article in Monday’s edition.

Citing people who attended a managers’ meeting of the company in Istanbul, the paper reports that RWE’s incoming chief executive, Peter Terium, informed the company’s high-ranking managers of the management board’s decision at the gathering.

The decision, which signals RWE will exit the international nuclear-energy business in the coming years, is also supported by the company’s municipal major shareholders, the people familiar with the matter told the newspaper.

Mr. Terium, who will become CEO at the beginning of July, plans to expand the company’s solar-energy business in Germany, the newspaper reports. RWE plans to build solar-power plants together with municipal utilities and also wants to enter the business with private customers, the newspaper writes.

Newspaper website: www.sueddeutsche.de

Write to the Frankfurt Bureau at djnews.frankfurt@dowjones.com.

via RWE AG : Germany’s RWE Won’t Build New Nuclear Plants Abroad – Report | 4-Traders.

June 18, 2012
Turkey’s Akkuyu 1st nuclear unit seen complete 2019

ANKARA Dec 16 (Reuters) – Construction of the first unit of Turkey’s first nuclear power plant is expected to be completed in mid-2019, and the global financial crisis will not hit costs of the project, the Russian contractor company said on Friday.

Last year Turkey awarded Russia’s Atomstroyexport a contract to build its first nuclear power plant at Akkuyu on the country’s Mediterranean coast.

“We are planning to finish construction of the first unit in mid-2019. Pre-construction work will start in the second half of 2012, and will take two years,” Akkuyu NGS Power Production general manager Alexander Superfin told a press conference in Turkey’s capital Ankara.

Atomstroyexport set up Akkuyu NGS Power Production in 2010 to build and operate the 4,800 megawatt nuclear power plant. The total investment is seen around $20 billion.

The agreement includes a tariff package that guarantees Turkey’s state electricity corporation will pay $12.35/KWh for 70 percent of the power produced by two of the plant’s four 1,200 MW units, and the same price for 30 percent of the power produced by two other units for 15 years after commissioning.

Turkey plans to construct three nuclear power plants of up to 5,000 MW each.

South Korea’s Kepco pulled out of negotiations for a second plant at Sinop after Turkey refused sovereign guarantees for the plant’s output. Japan’s Tepco pulled out of the planned project in the aftermath of the Fukushima disaster. (Reporting by Mustafa Seven; writing by Ece Toksabay; editing by Keiron Henderson)

via Turkey’s Akkuyu 1st nuclear unit seen complete 2019 | Energy & Oil | Reuters.

December 19, 2011
Lessons from Fukushima crisis should be applied in Turkey

TOKYO (Kyodo) — Japanese industry minister Yukio Edano expressed hope Monday for the deepening of bilateral cooperation with Turkey in the area of nuclear power generation, including exports of related Japanese technology, saying the lessons learned from the Fukushima nuclear crisis should be utilized in quake-prone Turkey.

In this March 11, 2011 photo released Monday, April 11, 2011 by Tokyo Electric Power Co.,(TEPCO), the access road at the compound of the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant is flooded as tsunami hit the facility following a massive earthquake in Okuma town, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan. (AP Photo/Tokyo Electric Power Co.,)

Speaking at the Turkey-Japan Economic Forum in Tokyo attended by visiting Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Ali Babacan, Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Edano said that nuclear power generation is an “important area of cooperation” with Turkey.

“We intend to advance cooperation in a way that Turkey can apply the lessons of the accident (at the Fukushima Daiichi plant),” Edano said.

“The nuclear accident is steadily moving toward a situation where it is brought under control,” Edano said, adding that Japan intends to realize a cold shutdown of the plant reactors by the end of this year.

In October, Edano requested in a meeting with Turkish energy minister Taner Yildiz that Ankara continue talks with Tokyo over a nuclear power plant deal in Turkey.

(Mainichi Japan) December 6, 2011

via Lessons from Fukushima crisis should be applied in Turkey: Edano – The Mainichi Daily News.

December 7, 2011
Turkey eager to start operating nuclear plant

ANKARA – Turkey’s Deputy Prime Minister Ali Babacan said Saturday that his country was eager to start operating nuclear power plant as soon as possible.

“Turkey wants nuclear power plant to be constructed and start operation as soon as possible,” Babacan told Japan’s Nihon Keizai Shimbun newspaper in an exclusive interview ahead of his visit to the country.

There would not be any change in Turkey’s determination for construction of a nuclear power plant as new reactors would be used, Babacan was quoted by Turkish semi-official Anatolia news agency as saying.

He said that the design and construction phases of the project would last at least six or seven years, adding that Turkey was willing to start negotiations on nuclear cooperation with Japan and reach an agreement that would satisfy both sides.

via Turkey eager to start operating nuclear plant|Europe|chinadaily.com.cn.

December 5, 2011