Country profile: Turkey
Summary figures for 2010
| Country | Number of nuclear power plants connected to the grid |
Nuclear electricity generation (net TWh) 2010 |
Nuclear percentage of total electricity supply |
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| Turkey | 0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
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| OECD Europe | 144 |
868.5 |
24.7 |
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| OECD Total | 342 |
2 183.7 |
21.8 |
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Country report
The “Law on Construction and Operation of Nuclear Power Plants and Energy Sale (Law No. 5710)” was ratified and entered into force on 21 November 2007. The purpose of the Law is to stipulate the procedures and principles regarding the construction and operation of nuclear power plants for electrical energy production, and energy sale in accordance with energy plan and policies. In accordance with this Law, the Turkish Atomic Energy Authority (TAEK) issued a set of criteria which establish general principles that should be met by the investors. These criteria include nuclear safety, licensing, reactor type, plant life-time, proven technology, fuel technology, localisation, operational record and electrical power.
A competition for construction and operation of nuclear power plants and energy sale was held on 24 September 2008 by the Turkish Electricity Trading and Contracting Company (TETAŞ) for constructing NPP units (for an installed capacity of 3 000-5 000 MWe) at the Akkuyu Site.
Only one consortium submitted a bid for the competition. After evaluation of the technical documents provided by the consortium, TAEK announced on 19 December 2008 that the offered nuclear power plant meets the TAEK criteria.
The envelope given by the consortium on 24 September 2008 including energy sale unit price was opened by TETAŞ on 19 January 2009 and the final decision will be given by the Board of Ministers.
The following international agreements entered into force in 2008:
- Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Turkey and the Government of Romania on Early Notification of a Nuclear Accident. Entry into force: 16 May 2008.
- Memorandum of Understanding for Technical Co-operation and Exchange of Information in Nuclear Regulatory Matters between the State Nuclear Regulatory Committee of Ukraine and the Turkish Atomic Energy Authority. Entry into force: 22 October 2008.
Source: Nuclear Energy Data 2009
Web links
- Enerji ve Tabii Kaynaklar Bakanligi (Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources)
- Türkiye Atom Enerjisi Kurumu (TAEK) (Turkish Atomic Energy Authority)
- Istanbul Technical University
- Scientific and Technical Research Council
Last reviewed: 7 October 2011
