Turkish Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Fatih Donmez announced today, Saturday, that he expects to start generating electricity at the Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant within one year.
“On April 27, the Akkuyu plant will be supplied with the first nuclear fuel, and after that, it will be tested and tested, and there are certain deadlines before direct electricity generation begins,” Donmez said in an interview with CNN Turk.
The minister added, “I can say that within 9-12 months, that is, within about a year until the end of April 2024, the station will start producing electricity,” according to what was reported by the Russian “Tass” agency.
The Akkuyu plant is the first nuclear power plant under construction in Turkey. The first concrete was poured under the No. 1 power unit of the plant on April 3, 2018, and under the second unit at the end of June 2020, and the construction of No. 3 unit began on March 10, 2021. The first power unit of the Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant will be launched this year.
