TURKEY: ARMENIAN NUCLEAR POWER STATION THREAT TO TURKEY AND AZERBAIJAN

TendersInfo
January 30, 2010 Saturday

Currently there are certain speculations in the eastern and south
eastern regions of Turkey that the proposed Armenian nuclear power
station is a threat to these regions. Turkish Professor Taifun Kindap
suggests that if there is some technical mishap more than a million
people could suffer, so Turkey should seek to close down the Armenian
nuclear power station.

PACE member from Azerbaijan Rafael Huseinov has the same opinion and
wants this issue put on the agenda of its next session. However it
is significant that while criticising Armenian nuclear plans both
Azerbaijan and Turkey are considering constructing such stations on
their territories and want Russia to participate in these projects.

Azerbaijan realises that its reserves of oil and gas are limited and
they will be exhausted by 2020-25. So as President of the Azerbaijan
National Academy Mahmud Kerimov states there is no alternative to
constructing a nuclear power station in Azerbaijan. If this idea is
pursued Azerbaijan will have its own nuclear power station by 2025.