The Turkish nuclear power plant in Akkuyu will be launched in 2019, Turkish Minister for Energy and Natural Resources Taner Yildiz said, Trend reports.
Russia has invested $700 million in the project. The final sum will total $2.4 billion.
Yildiz said that Turkey is negotiating construction of the second and third nuclear power plants with three other states.
Turkey’s state company, EÜAŞ, and Canada’s Candu signed a contract on cooperation in nuclear energy.
Turkey and China signed a deal on peaceful exploitation of nuclear energy. A similar document was signed with South Korea and Russia.
Russia ratified an intergovernmental agreement with Turkey to build and exploit the first Turkish nuclear power plant in late 2010.
