President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said 90% of the construction of the first reactor of Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) has been completed and mechanical tests have been launched at the reactor.
Referred to as the “biggest joint investment” with Russia, Akkuyu NPP is expected to be fully operational by 2028 and supply 10% of Türkiye’s electricity consumption. The Akkuyu project will contribute $1.5 billion (TL 29.15 billion) annually to decrease Türkiye’s natural gas imports and will have a “positive impact” on national income.
Türkiye aims to put into operation more than 20,000 megawatts of nuclear energy capacity in the next 30 years.
