Joint Russian-Turkish NPP construction deal to be sent to parliament
in days – Turkish minister

ANKARA, May 12 (RIA Novosti)

The agreement on cooperation with Russia in the construction of
Turkey’s first nuclear power plant will be sent for ratification to
the Turkish parliament within the next 7-10 days, Turkish Energy
Minister Taner Yildiz said on Wednesday.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev paid an official visit to Ankara on
Wednesday to sign deals including on the construction of a nuclear
power plant and the Samsun-Ceyhan oil pipeline.

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin told journalists in Ankara
that over $20 billion will be invested in the construction of Turkey’s
first nuclear power plant.

An international consortium consisting of Russia’s nuclear power
equipment and service export monopoly Atomstroyexport, electricity
export company Inter RAO UES and Turkish Park Teknik won a tender for
the construction of Turkey’s first nuclear power plant in June 2009.

The consortium proposed building four nuclear power units with a
capacity of 1.2 GW each under a Russian project. The nuclear power
plant was expected to be built near the Mediterranean port of Mersin
in the Akkuyu area and put into operation in 2016-2019.

"The nuclear energy deal opens a new page in cooperation between our
states," Medvedev said.