Akkuyu nuclear plant construction set to begin within 6 months

Construct on of the Akkuyu nuclear power plant (NPP) w ll start at the end of th s year or at the start of 2018 at the latest, sa d Turkey’s Energy and Natural Resources M n ster Berat Albayrak at an energy event n the southern c ty of Antalya on Oct. 11. Russ a’s State Atom c Energy Corporat on, Rosatom, plans to construct Turkey’s f rst nuclear power plant n the country’s southern prov nce of Mers n on the Med terranean coast. The plant plans to have bu lt and made ts f rst reactor operat onal by 2023 and s expected to be up and runn ng at full capac ty by 2025.