Nuclear power in Turkey

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Nuclear power stations in Turkey (view)
 Under construction
 Proposed

Currently, Turkey has no operating commercial nuclear reactors. However, four VVER-1200 reactors at the Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant, are currently under construction and expected to come online in October 2024.[1] The government is aiming for 20 GW of nuclear.[2]

The nuclear power debate has a long history, with the 2018 construction start in Mersin Province being the sixth major attempt to build a nuclear power plant since 1960.[3] Nuclear power has been criticised as very expensive to taxpayers.[4]

Plans for Sinop Nuclear Power Plant and another at İğneada have stalled.[5] The country is considering buying small modular reactors.[6]

  1. ^ "Rosatom ships third RPV to Akkuyu". Nuclear Engineering International. 29 September 2023. Archived from the original on 20 October 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  2. ^ "Turkey Turns to China for Next Step in Nuclear Construction". 15 September 2023.
  3. ^ Aydın, Cem İskender (1 January 2020). "Nuclear energy debate in Turkey: Stakeholders, policy alternatives, and governance issues". Energy Policy. 136: 111041. Bibcode:2020EnPol.13611041A. doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2019.111041. ISSN 0301-4215.
  4. ^ "Critics say Turkey's unfinished nuclear plant already redundant – Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East". al-monitor.com. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  5. ^ "Nuclear Power in Turkey". world-nuclear.org. World Nuclear Association. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  6. ^ "TURKEY GREEN ENERGY AND CLEAN TECHNOLOGIES". 22 April 2022.