13.04.2006
Zaman
Ankara
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Nuclear Plant to be Built in Northern Turkey

Turkey’s Atomic Energy Agency (TAEK) President Oktay Cakiroglu announced
that they offered eight possible locations to build the country’s first
nuclear plant and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Sinop is
`the one.’

The Agency technically studied details countrywide on where to construct the
plant, said Cakiroglu in his speech at the parliamentary commission. Eight
locations were chosen through 43 criteria, such as sea water temperature,
climate, wind and general weather.

Sinop was the final conclusion, Cakiroglu reported; a technology center will
also be established in this city.

The lake region near the Sariyer Dam in the Turkish city of Eskisehir was
also attractive; however, it was not preferred because of the transportation
problem of eight or nine reactors. Having been sent to the Turkish Atomic
Energy Agency and Lands Registry, the official report announced where to
construct the nuclear facility in Sinop.

The report dated 15 March 2006 obtained by Zaman demanded the sheet maps of
some lands in the village of Abali in Sinop. The Abali village stands in
Inceburun, the northernmost point of Turkey. The Sinop Province made prior
efforts for recreation and tourism in the area with a lighthouse.