Baku, Azerbaijan, Apr.1
By Rufiz Hafizoglu - Trend:
The Grand National Assembly (parliament) of Turkey has approved an agreement with Japan on the construction of a second nuclear power plant in the province of Sinop on the Black Sea coast, said the message of the Turkish Parliament, posted Apr.1 on its website.
An agreement on construction of a second nuclear power plant in Sinop province in Turkey with Japan was signed in 2013. Implementation of the project is scheduled for completion by 2023.
The nuclear power plant will produce about 40 billion kilowatt/hours of electricity per year.
Earlier, the director general of Akkuyu Nuclear Fuad Akhundov told the media that the creation of infrastructure for the first nuclear power plant Akkuyu, which will be built according to the Russian project, will begin in Turkey in April 2015.
The intergovernmental agreement between Russia and Turkey on cooperation in the fields of construction and operation of the country's first nuclear power plant Akkuyu near the city of Mersin in southern Turkey was signed in 2010.
The first Turkish nuclear power plant will be equipped with four power units with VVER-1200 reactors (water-water energy reactor). The installed capacity of each power unit at the nuclear plant will be equal to 1,200 megawatt. The project cost is about $20 billion.
The nuclear power plant will produce about 35 billion kilowatt/hours of electricity per year.
In December 2014, Turkey's Ministry of Environment and Urban Planning approved a report on assessment of the impact of the construction project of the nuclear power plant on the environment.
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