Deputy Construction Director of Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) said Thursday that the construction work on the first unit of the NPP, which is under construction in the Gülnar district of Türkiye’s southern Mersin, has been completed.
“With the installation of the technological equipment in the turbine and pump buildings completed by the end of this year, we will move on to the stage of starting up and commissioning the first unit,” Dmitry Romanets said.
Türkiye gained the status of a country boasting nuclear energy, as its first plant, the Akkuyu NPP, received the initial batch of nuclear fuel with a ceremony held in April this year.
According to the intergovernmental agreement between Türkiye and Russia, Romanets said that after obtaining the construction license for the first power unit, the unit must begin electricity production seven years later.
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