TURKEY NUCLEAR POWER STATION EXPANSION
March 1st, 2006
BY KEITH NUTHALL
TURKEY energy minister Hilmi Guler has announced his country intends to build between three and five nuclear energy plants in the Mersin Akkuyu region on the Mediterranean, or in Sinop, on the Black Sea. He said Anakara was prepared to spend Euro 108 billion on the expansion, aiming to complete construction by 2020.
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TURKEY energy minister Hilmi Guler has announced his country intends to build between three and five nuclear energy plants in the Mersin Akkuyu region on the Mediterranean, or in Sinop, on the Black Sea. He said Anakara was prepared to spend Euro 108 billion on the expansion, aiming to complete construction by 2020.
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