ANKARA: Turkey has inaugurated the country’s first nuclear power plant built with the cooperation of Russia.
According to Turkish media, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said during his virtual speech at the nuclear fuel delivery ceremony for the first time at the Arquivo Power Plant that Turkey has joined the ranks of nuclear power countries in the world after a delay of 60 years.
The plant has now achieved the status of a nuclear power plant with the delivery of nuclear fuel by air and sea to the Akuo Power Plant. It should be noted that an intergovernmental agreement between Turkey and Russia for the Akuo nuclear plant was signed in May 2010 and the groundbreaking ceremony for the plant was held on April 3, 2018, after which construction on the first unit began.
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Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said that, like many important projects, Akio was implemented with a financing model that does not burden our national budget and is our largest joint investment with Russia.
