Tripartite agreement on third Turkish Nuclear Plant

[ozi2000]

Tripartite agreement on third Turkish plant
24 November 2014

Westinghouse Electric Company, China's State Nuclear Power Technology Corporation (SNPTC) and Turkish power company Elektrik Üretim AŞ (EÜAŞ) have signed an agreement to begin exclusive negotiations to develop and construct a four-unit nuclear power plant in Turkey.

Westinghouse and SNPTC have a long history of close collaboration on AP1000-based nuclear reactor technology. In addition to the first four AP1000 units under construction at Sanmen and Haiyang in China, China's own CAP1400 reactor has evolved from the Westinghouse design.

As well as AP1000-based reactor technology, the agreement also covers all life cycle activities including operations, nuclear fuel, maintenance, engineering, plant services and decommissioning. No site has as yet been identified for the project, which looks likely to be Turkey's third nuclear power plant.

Westinghouse CEO and president Danny Roderick said the company was "excited" at the prospect of expanding into Turkey, adding that the relationship between Westinghouse and SNPTC would provide the best value to Turkish customers. In a statement, SNPTC chairman Wang Binghua said the development was an important step for Chinese cooperation with Westinghouse on the global market, adding that the companies would bring their joint experience of constructing passive third-generation nuclear technology to Turkey.

With Chinese intellectual property rights and backed by full fuel cycle capability, the CAP1400 is central to Chinese policy aims to become an exporter of nuclear technology. A site at Shidaowan in Shandong province is being prepared for the start of construction of the first CAP1400.

Meanwhile, in addition to the four Chinese units, AP1000s are under construction at Vogtle and VC Summer in the USA. The reactor is also being considered for construction at Moorside in the UK and at Kozloduy in Bulgaria.

Work is expected to start next year on Turkey's first nuclear power plant, four VVER-1200 units to be built at Akkuyu. Rosatom will build, own and operate the plant as part of a long-term power purchase agreement. A second plant of four Atmea 1 reactors, designed by Areva and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, is pencilled in for construction at Sinop.

Earlier this year Turkish prime minister Ahmet Davutoglu was cited by the Anadolu Agency as saying that the country intended to build a third nuclear power plant itself, with construction beginning by 2018-2019.

Tripartite agreement on third Turkish plant

 

[xenon54 out]

So we have a Japanese, a Russian and a Chinese nuclear plant in future, hey US u wanna deal?

 

[-SINAN-]

So we have a Japanese, a Russian and a Chinese nuclear plant in future, hey US u wanna deal?

Westinghouse is American... I can see the collobration of American-Chinese company... Most possibly Americans will supervise, quality control the whole process. Chinese will do the production.

Why no news about the agreement in Turkish media ?

 

[esolve]

Westinghouse Electric Company, China's State Nuclear Power Technology Corporation (SNPTC) and Turkish power company Elektrik Üretim AŞ (EÜAŞ) have signed an agreement to begin exclusive negotiations to develop and construct a four-unit nuclear power plant in Turkey.

Westinghouse and SNPTC have a long history of close collaboration on AP1000-based nuclear reactor technology. In addition to the first four AP1000 units under construction at Sanmen and Haiyang in China, China's own CAP1400 reactor has evolved from the Westinghouse design.

As well as AP1000-based reactor technology, the agreement also covers all life cycle activities including operations, nuclear fuel, maintenance, engineering, plant services and decommissioning. No site has as yet been identified for the project, which looks likely to be Turkey's third nuclear power plant.

Westinghouse CEO and president Danny Roderick said the company was "excited" at the prospect of expanding into Turkey, adding that the relationship between Westinghouse and SNPTC would provide the best value to Turkish customers. In a statement, SNPTC chairman Wang Binghua said the development was an important step for Chinese cooperation with Westinghouse on the global market, adding that the companies would bring their joint experience of constructing passive third-generation nuclear technology to Turkey.

With Chinese intellectual property rights and backed by full fuel cycle capability, the CAP1400 is central to Chinese policy aims to become an exporter of nuclear technology. A site at Shidaowan in Shandong province is being prepared for the start of construction of the first CAP1400.

Meanwhile, in addition to the four Chinese units, AP1000s are under construction at Vogtle and VC Summer in the USA. The reactor is also being considered for construction at Moorside in the UK and at Kozloduy in Bulgaria.

Work is expected to start next year on Turkey's first nuclear power plant, four VVER-1200 units to be built at Akkuyu. Rosatom will build, own and operate the plant as part of a long-term power purchase agreement. A second plant of four Atmea 1 reactors, designed by Areva and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, is pencilled in for construction at Sinop.

Earlier this year Turkish prime minister Ahmet Davutoglu was cited by the Anadolu Agency as saying that the country intended to build a third nuclear power plant itself, with construction beginning by 2018-2019.

 

[esolve]

Westinghouse is American... I can see the collobration of American-Chinese company... Most possibly Americans will supervise, quality control the whole process. Chinese will do the production.

Why no news about the agreement in Turkish media ?

No, the issue is that the westinghouse has AP1000 standard while China has CAP1000 standard.
Turkey is interested in CAP1000, which is more advanced, but CAP1000 also needs some baseline tech support from westinghouse because CAP1000 is a modified/improved/adjusted standard on top of AP1000

 

[-SINAN-]

No, the issue is that the westinghouse has AP1000 standard while China has CAP1000 standard.
Turkey is interested in CAP1000, which is more advanced, but CAP1000 also needs some baseline tech support from westinghouse because CAP1000 is a modified/improved/adjusted standard on top of AP1000

Irrelevant to what i have said.

 

[what]

Just spend half of the money one nuclear power plant costs on the development of inidgenous wind power and solar power solutions. We have so much coast line and more then enough sun to go nuclear free.

 

[usernameless]

Just spend half of the money one nuclear power plant costs on the development of inidgenous wind power and solar power solutions. We have so much coast line and more then enough sun to go nuclear free.

For half the money of a power plant those 2 solutions can never compensate the power output of a nuclear plant. But as a supplement and diversification they would do fine. Nuclear plants are the way to go, fortunately or unfortunately.

 

[xenon54 out]

For half the money of a power plant those 2 solutions can never compensate the power output of a nuclear plant. But as a supplement and diversification they would do fine. Nuclear plants are the way to go, fortunately or unfortunately.

Im for Nuclear plants but i didnt hear anything about a strategy how to deal with nuclear waste yet, i hope they know what they are doing and not only thinking in short term, our country has a beautiful nature destroying it for energy would be a shame.

 

[usernameless]

Im for Nuclear plants but i didnt hear anything about a strategy how to deal with nuclear waste yet, i hope they know what they are doing and not only thinking in short term, our country has a beautiful nature destroying it for energy would be a shame.

Nuclear plants are actually clean, no emissions as far as i know. I think many environmentalists can also agree on the merits of having nuclear plants, but the thing where we all disagree (or agree) on is the location of the nuclear plant. If we had an even bigger country with many (remote) sparsely/no populated spots, the debate would have been less intense. I agree that our country has a beautiful nature and that the govt should do its best to find the most satisfying option for all parties, but the toll our country pays for energy is also real. These nuclear plants will save up a good portion of money, which in turn can be spend on other stuff (maybe even researching solar/wind energy?).

 

[xenon54 out]

Nuclear plants are actually clean, no emissions as far as i know. I think many environmentalists can also agree on the merits of having nuclear plants, but the thing where we all disagree (or agree) on is the location of the nuclear plant. If we had an even bigger country with many (remote) sparsely/no populated spots, the debate would have been less intense. I agree that our country has a beautiful nature and that the govt should do its best to find the most satisfying option for all parties, but the toll our country pays for energy is also real. These nuclear plants will save up a good portion of money, which in turn can be spend on other stuff (maybe even researching solar/wind energy?).

Nuclear energy in production is clean but the fuel rods need to be stored somewhere after they burned out which will be still radioactive for thousands of years, US is storing it desert, Germany is using old salt mines and France is throwing it into Atlantic ocean, what alternative do we have?

Other thing is you need a lot water for Nuclear energy see or river for exsample so you cant just say lets build it somewhere deep in Anatolian steppes when you have water you have also humans around, its not as easy as you think bro.

 

[-SINAN-]

Nuclear energy in production is clean but the fuel rods need to be stored somewhere after they burned out which will be still radioactive for thousands of years, US is storing it desert, Germany is using old salt mines and France is throwing it into Atlantic ocean, what alternative do we have?

In Akkuyu; as far as i know, Russia will take back the spend fuel rods but we have an option to keep them.

 

[xenon54 out]

In Akkuyu; as far as i know, Russia will take back the spend fuel rods but we have an option to keep them.

Why would they do that?

 

[-SINAN-]

Why would they do that?

Per agrement they will supply fuel rods, also they will handle the waste. That's what i remember.

 

[Timur]

Nuclear energy in production is clean but the fuel rods need to be stored somewhere after they burned out which will be still radioactive for thousands of years, US is storing it desert, Germany is using old salt mines and France is throwing it into Atlantic ocean, what alternative do we have?

Other thing is you need a lot water for Nuclear energy see or river for exsample so you cant just say lets build it somewhere deep in Anatolian steppes when you have water you have also humans around, its not as easy as you think bro.

no let my anatolian homeland be clean

put it east to kurdish area deep down in a mountain

but all news are good hope we will have 4 or five nuclear plants.. bur we should have also solar plants not only for direct energy also for production of gas.. thermo solar energy would also be great like the big ones in USA we have so many places for that.. windenergy is also a must to do thing..

but all energy should be on for all time not like germany that they use it when needed eg. they have ten wind energy objects when two of them are needed just two are working.. with the energy that is produced to much you can make gas or clean saltwater