Turkey to build three nuclear power plants by 2015

London (Platts)--22Jun2006

Turkey wants to build three nuclear power plants by 2015, Prime Minister
Recep Tayyip Erdogan told an energy meeting in Ankara June 20, according to
news reports. "As a country whose energy consumption is increasing rapidly,
we want to benefit from nuclear energy as soon as possible," he was quoted
by Associated Press as saying. Turkey is dependent on energy imports,
mainly of natural gas from Russia and Iran. IAEA Director General Mohamed
ElBaradei will visit Turkey July 6-9. This marks the third time Turkey
has announced plans for a nuclear power program. Both previous attempts
were abandoned after western vendors had spent considerable resources
bidding for the anticipated contracts.

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