Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant

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The nuclear power plant Akkuyu ( Turkish Akkuyu nükleer Enerji Santrali ) is a planned nuclear power plant on the Mediterranean coast between Aydıncık and Silifke in the province of Mersin in southern Turkey.

History of development

Back in the early 1970s and the late 1990s, there were plans for a nuclear power plant at this location, but they were discarded. As of 2006 the plans were revived with increased intensity.

As agreed in May 2010 in a Turkish-Russian agreement, the power plant is to be built by the Russian company Atomstroyexport and initially operated. The cost of construction is given as 20 billion U.S. dollars. Later, the power plant will mostly pass into the ownership and operation of Turkish companies.

Planned are four units with VVER - 1200 (AES-2006), which was built according to the original schedule from 2013 and from 2016 and from 2019 should go at a distance of one year in operation.

Early 2013, was informed that a contract was signed with the start of construction in the spring of 2014. According to the new schedule, the first supply of electricity in 2019 is to take place. With the construction of the final ( fourth ) block the nuclear power plant is to be completed in 2023. Instead of the originally estimated construction cost of around 20 billion U.S. dollars, the cost " in all probability up to 25 billion U.S. dollars " will be.

After its completion, the first Turkish nuclear power plant will cover about six percent of the electrical energy consumption of Turkey.

, The utilities will be guaranteed the purchase of electricity generated for 12.35 cents per kWh. The purchase guarantee applies to 70 % of the electricity generated by the first two blocks, the third and fourth block is 30 %. The purchase guarantee refers to a period of 15 years. The remaining power is sold freely.

Once managers had already announced in October 2013 that the startup will be delayed to mid- 2020, it was announced in February 2014 that the commissioning is delayed further: As a review of the environmental impact report has not came to the start of construction is delayed to the year 2016 and the start to the year, 2021.

Criticism

Critics fear security risks because it's in a very exposed to earthquakes due to its proximity to a tectonic fault. In the past, there have been major earthquakes in the region. The design of the nuclear power plant on an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.5 on the Richter scale is puzzling, given the possible stronger earthquake.

Furthermore, it is doubtful because of the partly critically viewed Turkish domestic and foreign policy that Turkey is politically stable enough to gain access to weapons-grade nuclear technology.

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