27 Apr 2023; MEMO: Russian President, Vladimir Putin, will attend the inauguration ceremony of the Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant in Turkiye via video link, Kremlin spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, said on Wednesday, Anadolu News Agency reports.
"It will be in the format of a video-conference," Peskov told reporters at a press conference in Moscow, referring to the first Turkish nuclear power facility built in collaboration with Russia's state nuclear energy company, Rosatom, and set to open on Thursday (April 27).
The Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant in southern Mersin province will be the country's first nuclear plant, with an installed capacity of 4,800 megawatts and four reactors.
The project began with a 2010 inter-governmental agreement between Turkiye and Russia, with the entire plant expected to be operational by 2025...
