Turkey considers Rosatom as best candidate to build Sinop NPP

Russia’s state-owned Rosatom Corp. is “ahead” in a bid to build Turkey’s second nuclear power plant, Turkish Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar said in an interview with Bloomberg.

"Rosatom already has experience in Turkey’s nuclear sector, starting commissioning work at the nation’s first atomic plant in Akkuyu in April. That makes it well placed to also build the Sinop plant," Bayraktar said.

According to the minister, Rosatom is “a company that’s invested in Turkey and has gained experience.”

South Korea is the other country that’s known to have held talks on the planned four-reactor facility on the Black Sea coast. The Sinop plant could involve a joint venture between the public and private sectors, and licensing is expected to take two or three years, Bayraktar added.