Ankara also pushing ahead with eight new large-scale units
Russia is supplying four reactor unit for Turkey’s first commercial nuclear power station at Akkuyu. Courtesy Rosatom.
Tukey is planning to add 5,000 MW of capacity from small modular reactors as it aims to deliver 10-15% of its electricity from nuclear power by 2050, minister for energy and natural resources Alparslan Bayraktar said.
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