Abstract
An IAEA-led team of international experts reviewed Turkey's programme for introducing nuclear power and found that important progress has been made in the development of the country's nuclear infrastructure. In November 2013, an Integrated Nuclear Infrastructure Review (INIR) mission, invited by the Government of Turkey, reviewed the country's progress in developing a national infrastructure for Turkey's new nuclear power programme. The INIR Mission team consisted of IAEA staff from the Departments of Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Safety and Security, Safeguards and Technical Cooperation, the IAEA Office of Legal Affairs and international experts recruited by the IAEA in consultation with Turkey. Turkey, which has considered nuclear power generation since the 1970s, decided to build nuclear power plants to meet the rapidly increasing demand for electricity and support the country's economic development. The share of nuclear power in Turkish electricity generation is aimed to reach at least 10 per cent by 2023. In 2010, Turkey and the Russian Federation signed an agreement for the construction and operation of the first nuclear power plant at the Akkuyu site in southern Turkey, as a build-own-operate (BOO) project. The first of Akkuyu's four units, with a total capacity of 4800 MWe, is scheduled to be commissioned
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abstractNote = {An IAEA-led team of international experts reviewed Turkey's programme for introducing nuclear power and found that important progress has been made in the development of the country's nuclear infrastructure. In November 2013, an Integrated Nuclear Infrastructure Review (INIR) mission, invited by the Government of Turkey, reviewed the country's progress in developing a national infrastructure for Turkey's new nuclear power programme. The INIR Mission team consisted of IAEA staff from the Departments of Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Safety and Security, Safeguards and Technical Cooperation, the IAEA Office of Legal Affairs and international experts recruited by the IAEA in consultation with Turkey. Turkey, which has considered nuclear power generation since the 1970s, decided to build nuclear power plants to meet the rapidly increasing demand for electricity and support the country's economic development. The share of nuclear power in Turkish electricity generation is aimed to reach at least 10 per cent by 2023. In 2010, Turkey and the Russian Federation signed an agreement for the construction and operation of the first nuclear power plant at the Akkuyu site in southern Turkey, as a build-own-operate (BOO) project. The first of Akkuyu's four units, with a total capacity of 4800 MWe, is scheduled to be commissioned in 2021. A second nuclear power plant will be built at the Sinop site on the Black Sea, with Japan. Turkey and the IAEA agreed on a close cooperation in the development of the national nuclear infrastructure already a year ago, when the roadmap for the INIR mission was established during a meeting of IAEA and Turkish senior officials in November 2012. This included IAEA assistance for the self-evaluation. During the two-week meetings, the review team worked closely with Turkish counterparts from the 25 organizations involved in building the national nuclear infrastructure, such as the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources (MENR), which hosted the mission in Ankara, the Turkish Atomic Energy Authority (TAEK), which is the regulatory body, the Akkuyu Project Company, the national Electricity Generation Joint Stock Company EUAS, which will be in charge of the second nuclear power plant project, and other organizations. Based on Turkey's Self-Evaluation Report, submitted to the IAEA earlier in 2013, the mission team reviewed in particular the development status of the infrastructure issues as defined in the IAEA's Milestones approach, identified areas that need further actions and provided recommendations and suggestions to Turkey regarding its infrastructure development. The experts noted that the programme enjoys strong government support and recognized several good practices, such as effective coordination among Government organizations, and the plan to establish a fund for future safety upgrades at the Akkuyu nuclear power plant. The mission's recommendations included further actions, such as completing a national policy on nuclear energy, strengthening the regulatory body, and developing a national plan for human resource development.}
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