atw Vol. 63 (2018) | Issue 5 ı May
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Presidents of Russia and
Turkey Vladimir Putin and
Recep Tayyip Erdogan kicked
off large-scale construction of
Akkuyu NPP
(rosatom) On the 3rd of April 2018 in
Gülnar Municipality (Mersin Province,
Turkey) the function of first concrete
was held at the construction site of
Akkuyu NPP. It marked the start of
large-scale work to build the first
Turkish nuclear power plant being
constructed by ROSATOM.
President of the Russian Federation
Vladimir Putin and President of
the Republic of Turkey Recep Tayyip
Erdoğan took part in the function by
video conference.
Addressing the gathering, Putin
said: “The first unit of Akkuyu NPP
must be put on line in 2023. Owing to
Akkuyu project, new up-to-date wellpaid
jobs will be created and new
cutting edge productions and technologies
will develop in Russia and Turkey.
Frontline engineering solutions and
economically effective and sound technologies
will be used in construction.
Highest safety standards and most
stringent environmental requirement
will be met. I am sure that in 2023 entire
Turkey will feel the feedback of the
energy to be generated by this plant,
this high-technology facility.”
On his part, President of Turkey
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said that in
2023 by the start of NPP Turkey celebrates
the declaration of the republic.
“Commissioning of Akkuyu NPP in
2023 will make Turkey a member of
the family of nuclear power countries.
We will meet 10% of our demand in
electricity owing to Akkuyu,” he said.
After welcome addresses, leaders
of the two countries gave the permit to
start construction and this was the
start of the first concrete pouring to
the basemat of Unit 1 reactor building.
The function was witnessed by
500 people who included local folks,
workers, schoolchildren, local authorities,
representatives of related
ministries and agencies, journalists,
business partners, and representatives
of ROSATOM’s companies participating
in the projects. Turkish young
graduates of related Russian universities
who had received high education
certificates less than a month ago and
would work soon in the project company
also took part in the function.
Commenting on the event, Director
General of ROSATOM Alexei Likhachev
stressed: “ROSATOM will build in
Turkey an up-to-date and reliable
nuclear power plant of new Generation
III+ with four powerful units
VVER-1200 which meets all international
safety requirements. In Russia
we are building these new generation
units in series: Novovoronezh Unit 6
was commissioned in the commercial
operation and in February we put on
line Leningrad Phase II’s Unit 1. Successful
operation of these units confirms
reliability of our technologies.”
Likhachev noted that Akkuyu NPP
was a large investment project of the
Russian-Turkish cooperation. “And it
is important to underline that the project
is implemented according to the
plan and in effective cooperation with
the Turkish partners,” he added.
The day before the project company
JSC Akkuyu Nuclear had obtained an
Akkuyu construction license from the
Turkish Atomic Energy Authority
(TAEK). Late March, the permit for
construction of Unit 1’s reactor building
was obtained from Gülnar local
administration.
Earlier, JSC Akkuyu Nuclear
received the full-fledged status of a
strategic investor. The renewed certificate
of a strategic investment was
issued to the Project Company by a
request filed to the Ministry of Economy
of Turkey by the company. The certificate,
in particular, provides for reduction
or relief from taxes (including the
profit tax and VAT) and relief from
paying customs charges and duties.
For information:
The Akkuyu NPP construction project is
the largest project in the history of the
Russian-Turkish relations. The plant
will consist of four VVER-1200 units
(Generation III+ reactors) with 4.8 GW
total capacity. This is a modernized
series made design of a nuclear power
plant based on Novovoronezh Phase II
(Russia, Voronezh Region). The project
model is BOO (build-own-operate).
The General Customer and Investor
of the Project is JSC Akkuyu
Nuclear ( AKKUYU NÜKLEER ANONİM
ŞİRKETİ, the company specially
founded to manage the project; the
Architect General is JSC Atomenergoproekt;
the General Construction
Constructor is JSC Atomstroyexport
(both companies are part of
ROSATOM’s Engineering Division); the
Project Developer is JSC Rusatom
Energy International. The Technical
Customer is Rosenergoatom Concern
JSC; the Scientific Supervisor is FSA
NRC Kurchatov Institute; the licensing
consultant is InterRAO-WorleyParsons.
The designed period of Akkuyu NPP is
60 years with a possibility to prolong it
20 years more.
| | First concrete pouring ceremony at the Akkuyu NPP (03.04.2018, Turkey)
Akkuyu NPP meets all up-to-date
requirements of the world nuclear
community written down in the safety
standards of the International Atomic
Energy Agency (IAEA) and International
Nuclear Safety Advisory Group
and EUR Requirements. The power
unit includes a reactor plant and
turbine; it will be fitted with the
cutting-edge active and passive safety
systems to meet all potential scenarios
and their combinations. All works to
implement Akkuyu NPP project are
carried out in close cooperation with
the Turkish Ministry of Energy and
Natural Resources and the independent
regulator TAEK.
| | (181061159), www.rosatom.ru
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