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Turkey

Appendix 1 - International, multilateral and bilateral agreements

International Legal Instruments

Date of ratification

Treaty on the Non-proliferation of Nuclear Weapons

28.11.1979

Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapons Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space and Under Water

15.05.1965

Convention for the Protection of the Mediterranean Sea Against Pollution Arbitration

12.06.1981

Protocol for the Protection of the Mediterranean Sea Against Pollution From Land-based Sources

18.03.1987

Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution

23.03.1983

Convention on Railway Transportation

01.06.1985

Convention on Assistance in the Case of a Nuclear Accident or Radiological Emergency

03.09.1990

Convention on Early Notification of a Nuclear Accident

03.09.1990

Convention on the Protection of the Black Sea Against Pollution (Bucharest Convention)

06.03.1994

Convention on the Cooperation in the Atomic Energy Field between the NATO Members and Its Amendment

10.09.1956

International Labor Conference Convention Number 115 concerning the Protection of Workers Against Ionising Radiations

23.03.1968

Convention on Nuclear Safety

14.01.1995

Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty

26.12.1999

Convention on The Physical Protection of Nuclear Material

07.08.1986

Paris Convention on Third Party Liability in the Field of Nuclear Energy

02.11.1984

Joint Protocol Relating to the Application of the Vienna Convention and the Paris Convention

19.11.2006

 

Bilateral co-operation agreements

Agreements

Date of ratification

Agreement between the Government of Canada and the Government of the Republic of Turkey for Co-operation in the Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy

29.06.1986

Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Turkey and the Government of the Argentine Republic for Co-operation in the Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy

08.02.1992

Agreement between the Government of Korea and the Government of the Republic of Turkey for Co-operation in the Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy

12.04.1999

Agreement between the Government French Republic and the Government of the Republic of Turkey for Co-operation in the Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy

signed

(not yet ratified)

Agreement between the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of Turkey for Co-operation in the Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy

signed

(not yet ratified)

Agreement between the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany and the Government of the Republic of Turkey for Co-operation in the Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy

signed

(not yet ratified)

Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Turkey and the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine on Early Notification of a Nuclear Accident and Exchange of Information on Nuclear Facilities

02.05.2001

Agreement between The Government of Turkey and the Republic of Bulgaria on Early Notification of a Nuclear Accident and Exchange of Information on Nuclear Facilities

11.09.1997

Agreement between The Government of Turkey and the Republic of Romania on Early Notification of a Nuclear Accident

signed

(not yet ratified)


 

Appendix 2 - Directory of the main organisations, instituions and companies involved in nuclear power-related activites

 

National energy authority

Turkish Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources
İnönü Bulvarı, No:27  Bahçelievler
Ankara                                                    

Tel.: (312) 212 69 15

Fax: (312) 286 47 69

http://www.enerji.gov.tr

Turkish Atomic Energy Authority
Eskisehir Yolu
Lodumlu, TR-06530
Ankara

 

http://www.atom.gov.tr


Other organisations

Nuclear Engineering Department
Hacettepe University
06532 Beytepe
Ankara

http://www.nuke.hun.edu.tr

Nuclear Engineers Society

http://www.nuke.hun.edu.tr/dernek/dernek.html

Institute for Energy
Technical University of Istanbul
Ayazaga Kampusu
TR- 80626 Istanbul

 

Institute of Nuclear Sciences
Ege University
İzmir

http://nukleer.ege.edu.tr/

 

References

[1] Energy Policies of IEA Countries-Turkey 2001 Review.

[2] IAEA Energy and Economic Data Base.

[3] Data & Statistics, the World Bank, www.worldbank.org/data.

[4] Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources

[5] The State Planning Organization, http://ekutup.dpt.gov.tr/teg/

[6] The Turkish Electricity Transmission Company, www.teias.gov.tr

This is an updated extract from the IAEA Country Nuclear Power Profile of Turkey, first compiled in 2003. The complete entry is available from the IAEA.

 

Last updated: 20 May 2008

 

 

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