In 2008, a Russia-led consortium comprising of Russia’s Inter RAO, Rosatom State Nuclear Energy Corporation’s subsidiary Atomstroiexport and Turkey’s Park Teknik have won the tender to construct and operate the nuclear plant in Turkey.
According to sources, Turkey would reissue the tender for the plant in Akkuyu on the Mediterranean coast and launch a second tender to build and operate a nuclear power plant in Sinop on the Black Sea in 2010.
Taner Yildiz, Turkey’s Energy Minister, said that Turkey will issue the second of a planned three tenders in three to four months.
Turkey is trying to prevent power shortfalls with new investments in nuclear power
The nuclear tender is part of raft of energy agreements between Turkey and Russia signed in 2009, with agreements ranging from nuclear power to Turkish permission for a Russian pipeline to pass through its waters.
The government of Turkey wants nuclear energy to meet 20% of Turkey’s power needs within 20 years.
