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Monday, August 10, 2009

Turkey signs deal with Russia to build reactor near Black Sea

ANKARA Ñ Russia and Turkey have signed a nuclear cooperation agreement which would lead to the construction of the first nuclear energy reactor in the NATO state.   

Officials said the agreement, signed on Aug. 6 in Ankara, would facilitate a Russian effort to establish a 1,200 megawatt nuclear energy reactor in Turkey. They said Russian companies would participate in the reactor, expected to be built along the Black Sea coast near Akuyu.

"We intend to coordinate the details shortly and start the construction," Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said. "The victory of a Russian-Turkish consortium in the tender to build Turkey's first nuclear power plant opens wide opportunities for our countries. Both sides are evidently interested in the project."


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The Turkish government has not formally approved the offer by a consortium headed by Russia's state-owned Atomstroyexport. Other members of the consortium including Russia's Inter Rao as well as Turkey's Park Teknik.

Officials have criticized the Russian bid as too expensive. But they acknowledged that no other company submitted an offer for the $1 billion project, expected to be the first of four 1,200 megawatt power units planned by Ankara.

The agreement, also signed by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Erdogan, also included Russian training in nuclear safety. Officials said the training would prepare personnel to respond to early-warning of nuclear accidents.

Russia and Turkey also signed an agreement for an energy pipeline project meant to reach Western Europe. The South Stream pipeline was regarded as a rival of the U.S.-supported Nabucco, designed to supply natural gas from Central Asia without Russian involvement.

"Even with the construction of South Stream, Nabucco will not be closed," Putin said. "The more infrastructure projects, the better, because that will create reliability and stability of energy supply to Europe."



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