Turkey unable to push Russia to speed up nuclear plant construction as financial and diplomatic tensions mount - Nordic Monitor

Turkey unable to push Russia to speed up nuclear plant construction as financial and diplomatic tensions mount - Nordic Monitor

Levent Kenez/Stockholm Construction on Turkey’s first nuclear power plant, the $24 billion Akkuyu project on the Mediterranean coast, has slowed to its weakest pace since the project began, with work halted on three of its four reactors and only the first unit still under active development. Officials say the government has been unable to persuade Russia, which is building the facility, to speed up the project. Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fid…