Turkey is planning to build a second and a third nuclear power plants to meet the rising electricity demand. Russia could be involved in the construction of the projects. The country launched in 2006 a programme involving three nuclear power plants with a combined capacity of 14 GW, of which only one (Akkuyu) is going ahead. The Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant, which is being developed by Russia's Rosatom, will consist of four 1,200 MW VVER reactors for a total capacity of 4,800 MW. Construction of the first three units started in 2017, 2019, and 2021, respectively. Earlier in November 2021, Rosatom's Turkish subsidiary Akkuyu Nuclear secured a construction license for the fourth unit of the Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant from the Turkish Atomic Energy Agency (TAEK). Construction will start in early 2022. The first reactor is expected to be completed by May 2023 and the three remaining units are due to be commissioned by the end of 2026.
The Areva-Mitsubishi Heavy Industries consortium pulled out of the country’s second project, located in Sinop on the Black Sea coast (4.4 GW) in 2018 due to a large cost increase. Turkey will have to seek new partners to continue the project. The third nuclear power plant (4.8 GW) may be located in Igneada (near Bulgaria).
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