Akkuyu NPP, Turkey

Location Mersin province, TURKEY
Number of Power Units 4
Type of reactors VVER-1200 ( |||+ safety generation )
Design capacity power units 4 х 1,200 MW
General Customer and Project investor Akkuyu Nüklear, JSC
General Designer Atomenergoproekt, JSC
General Contractor CONCERN TITAN-2, JSC
1st NPP developed using BOO (Build-Own-Operate) model worldwide

Akkuyu NPP construction project, the first NPP in Turkey, is being implemented on the basis of Agreement between the Governments of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Turkey signed on May 12, 2010.

Akkuyu NPP construction project is the first NPP project in the world implemented on the basis of BOO model (Build - Own - Operate). Within the framework of the long-term contract, the company undertakes the obligation to design, construct, maintain, operate and decommission the NPP.

Currently, Akkuyu NPP is in the active stage of construction. All the construction works and measures for the development of the infrastructure of Akkuyu NPP construction site are performed in compliance with the valid standards and laws of the Republic of Turkey and recommendations of International Atomic

Energy Agency (IAEA) for the whole period of the NPP construction and operation.

The NPP construction project is the largest joint project of Russia and Turkey.