Name of the Project
Akkuyu nuclear power plant (NPP) project.

Location
Mersin, Turkey.

Project Owner/s
Shareholders in Akkuyu NPP are Rosenergoatom (93%), INTER RAO UES (3.5%) Atomstroyexport (3.5%), with JSC Atomenergomont and JSC Atomtechenergo each holding 0.1%. Eventually, up to 49% of shares may be transferred to other investors.

Project Description
The Akkuyu NPP will be based on an NPP-2006 serial project The 4 800 MWe plant will comprise four VVER1200 reactors and is expected to meet about 10% of Turkey's electricity needs.

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

The primary circuit is radioactive.

It comprises 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 comprises 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 heating the feed water and separators – steam superheaters – with unregulated steam extraction for the NPP’s auxiliary needs and for heating of chemically treated water additives in the circuit.

Capital Expenditure
The project is estimated at $20-billion.

Planned Start/End Date
The commissioning of the first power unit is expected in 2021, with subsequent units to be commissioned every year thereafter.

Latest Developments
AtomEnergoMash, Akkuyu nuclear power plant, has completed hydraulic tests on the reactor pressure vessel of the Akkuyu nuclear power plant.

A watertight chamber, or caisson, was used for the hydraulic tests, during which a maximum pressure of 24.5 MPa was generated in the reactor pressure vessel 1.4 times higher than the operating pressure.

The hydraulic tests have confirmed the strength of the base metal and welded joints of the 334 t reactor pressure vessel and its readiness to operate for 60 years, director of the Volgodonsk branch of AEM Technology Rovshan Abbasov has said.

Key Contracts and Suppliers
GE Steam Power and AAEM Turbine technology, a joint venture between AtomEnergoMash and General Electric, or GE (design and supply the equipment and systems for the whole conventional island).

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.