Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is signalling a move to expand nuclear power cooperation with Russia, just as his country’s first Russian-built nuclear station prepares to go live later this year. The deepening partnership is likely to unsettle Turkey’s western allies.
Russia and Turkey will jointly take steps to open new power plants, in parallel with the operation of the Akkuyu nuclear power plant, while Moscow is undertaking the training of Turkish specialists in the field of nuclear energy, a process that began 15 years ago!