The Turkish authorities gave a positive opinion on the technical part of tender offers to build a nuclear power plant in Turkey, presented Atomstroyeksportom . The tender for the construction of the first Turkish nuclear power plant was announced in March this year.Prior to the Turkish Minister of Energy approved the positive conclusion of the Turkish oversight body to the Russian technical proposal for the construction of nuclear power plants to be built at Akkuyu town on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea. Turkish authorities had intended to build a nuclear power plant in Akkuyu in 2000, but then declined from its construction plans because of financial problems and environmental protests, claiming that the station will be located in seismic hazard zone. In November last year came into force a law on the construction and operation of nuclear power plants in Turkey. It provides that a company that will be tasked to build a nuclear power plant, on the basis of the Paris Agreement of 1960 and other international legal instruments, will be responsible for the transportation of radioactive materials and waste, as well as for any accident at the plant, if they occur through their own fault. By 2016, Turkey is scheduled to build three nuclear power plants. Their construction is estimated to experts, would cost 7-8 billion dollars. The total capacity of the Turkish plant will be about 5 thousand megawatts are expected to use the type of reactors PWR, working on heavy water.
