Turkey's second nuclear plant planned in Sinop at a cost of $30 billion

Turkey plans to build its second nuclear power plant in the Injeburun district of Sinop province on the Black Sea coast. AZERTAC reported this citing Turkish media covering President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's visit to Seoul. Earlier the same day, the Turkish leader described the Republic of Korea as a 'potential partner' in the Sinop nuclear power plant project.

The project is expected to cost $30 billion. Four reactors with a combined capacity of about 4,500 MW are expected to generate 10 percent of the electricity consumed in Turkey. The plant is designed to operate for 60 years, with a possible extension of another 20 years. The site was chosen partly with regard to the seismic resilience of Turkey's Black Sea coastline.

Turkish experts do not rule out that the Sinop plant could be built by the Korean state company KEPCO, which is already preparing a feasibility study for the project. Turkey's first nuclear power plant is being built by Russia's state corporation Rosatom, which said it expects the physical start-up of the first unit before the New Year. Plans also include a third plant in Trakya.