Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant
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 Location of Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant in Turkey
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| Official name | Akkuyu Nükleer Güç Santrali A.Ş. |
| Country | Turkey |
| Location | Akkuyu, Mersin |
| Coordinates | 36°08′40″N 33°32′28″E / 36.14444°N 33.54111°ECoordinates: 36°08′40″N 33°32′28″E / 36.14444°N 33.54111°E |
| Status | Proposed |
| Commission date | 2022 (scheduled) |
| Construction cost | US$20 billion |
| Owner(s) | Akkuyu NGS Elektrik Üretim A.Ş. |
| Nuclear power station | |
| Reactor type | VVER-1200/491 PWR |
| Reactor supplier | Atomstroyexport |
| Cooling source | Mediterranean Sea |
| Cooling towers | no |
| Power generation | |
| Units planned | 4 × 1,200 MW |
| Nameplate capacity | 4,800 MW |
| Planned gross output | 36,000 GW·h |
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Website www.akkunpp.com |
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The Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant (Turkish: Akkuyu Nükleer Enerji Santrali) is a nuclear power plant under development at Akkuyu, in Büyükeceli, Mersin Province, Turkey. It will be the country's first nuclear power plant.
In May 2010, Russia and Turkey signed an agreement that a subsidiary of Rosatom — Akkuyu NGS Elektrik Uretim Corp. (APC: Akkuyu Project Company) — would build, own, and operate a power plant at Akkuyu comprising four 1,200 MW VVER units. The agreement was ratified by the Turkish Parliament in July 2010.
Engineering and survey work started at the site in 2011. The construction of the first unit will begin in 2016, with the four units put into service in 2022–25.
In 2013, Russian nuclear construction company Atomstroyexport (ASE) and Turkish construction company Ozdogu signed the site preparation contract for the proposed Akkuyu nuclear power plant. The contract includes excavation work at the site.
The official launch ceremony took place in April 2015, and the first unit is expected to be completed in 2022.
The government chose this site because of the low population density and low risk of earthquakes. Seismic hazard in Mersin Province, in terms of peak ground acceleration with a 10% chance of being exceeded (or a 90% chance of not being exceeded) within the next 50 years, is a 1.6 %g (percent of gravity) peak acceleration.
Financing is provided by Russian investors, with 93% from a Rosatom subsidiary. Up to 49% of shares may be sold later to other investors. Potential investors are Turkish companies Park Teknik and Elektrik Üretim.
Turkish Electricity Trade and Contract Corporation (TETAS) has guaranteed the purchase of 70% power generated from the first two units and 30% from the third and fourth units over a 15-year power purchase agreement. Electricity will be purchased at a price of 12.35 US cents per kW·h and the remaining power will be sold in the open market by the producer.
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