Name and Location
Akkuyu nuclear power plant (NPP) project, Mersin, Turkey.

Client
The Akkuyu programme is covered by a Russo-Turkish intergovernmental agreement signed in May 2010.

Under the terms of the agreement, the Russia-registered project company, Akkuyu NPP JSC, in Turkey, on December 13, 2011.

The Akkuyu NPP will be built, majority owned and operated by Rosatom and its subsidiaries.

Over time, Rosatom’s equity in the project will decline to 51%, with Turkish shareholders acquiring 49% of the project.

Project Description
The Akkuyu NPP will be based on an NPP-2006 serial project, based on the Novovoronezh NPP-2, in Russia’s Voronezh region, and will comprise four units of 1 200 MW each, producing about 35-billion kilowatt-hours a year.

The power unit includes a reactor plant and a turbine plant.

The primary circuit is radioactive.

It consists of a reactor, four reactor coolant loops, four reactor coolant pumps, heating parts of four steam generators and one steam pressuriser.

The secondary circuit is not radioactive. It consists of steam generators; fresh steam conduits; one turbine unit, comprising a turbine plant and a turbine generator; condensate pumps; a system of low-pressure regenerative heaters, a turbine condensate system; deaerators; a feedwater system, including feedwater pumps; and a system of high-pressure regenerative heaters.

The turbine is equipped with a condensing unit, regenerative installation for the heating of feed water, separators – steam superheaters – with unregulated steam extraction for the NPP’s auxiliary needs and for heating of chemically treated water additives in the circuit.

Value
The project is estimated at $20-billion.

Duration
The commissioning of the first power unit is expected in 2021, with subsequent units to be commissioned every year thereafter.

Latest Developments
A report on the environmental impact of the Akkuyu NPP has been presented for independent review.

Key Contracts and Suppliers
None stated.

On Budget and on Time?
Not stated.

Contact Details for Project Information
Akkuyu NPP JSC, tel +90 312 442 60 00, fax +90 312 442 60 16 or email office@akkunpp.com.