Ankara: The UAE could join a project to build Turkey’s second nuclear power plant if South Korea is involved, Turkey’s energy minister said Thursday.
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UAE may join Turkey nuclear power plant project: Turkey nuclear plant project
Turkish government plans to build three nuclear power plants to avoid shortages and reliance on foreign supplies
- AFP
- Published: 18:32 October 11, 2012
“Officials from the UAE said they could be a partner in the project if South Korea undertakes the building of the nuclear power plant,” in northern Turkey, Taner Yildiz was quoted as saying by Anatolia news agency.
The government plans to build three nuclear power plants within five years in the hope of preventing a possible energy shortage and reducing dependence on foreign energy supplies.
Turkey struck a deal with Russia in 2010 to build the country’s first power plant at Akkuyu in the southern Mersin province.
The government plans to build a second reactor in northern Turkey, near the Black Sea city of Sinop. But it has not yet announced a location for a third reactor.
Ankara is negotiating with a number of countries including South Korea, China and Japan for the second power plant.
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