Rosatom looks for partners in Turkey’s Akkuyu nuclear project

The share of the partners of Russia’s state-owned nuclear corporation Rosatom in the Akkuyu nuclear project in Turkey may reach 49% in 2018, Rosatom Chief Executive Officer Aleksei Likhachev said at the Arctic forum in Russia’s Arkhangelsk.

"Yes, we’re setting the task," he said when asked whether the company’s partners may raise its share in the project to 49% next year.

Likhachev did not specified which companies are negotiating for the acquisition of a stake in the project, noting that interest is shown by both Turkish and Russian companies, TASS reported.