President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin may visit Türkiye on April 27 for the inauguration of the country’s first nuclear power reactor built by Russia’s state nuclear energy company Rosatom.
“Maybe there is a possibility that Mr Putin will come on April 27, or we may connect to the inauguration ceremony online and we will take the first step in Akkuyu,” Erdogan said in televised comments on private broadcaster ATV.
Türkiye will load the first nuclear fuel into the first power unit of the Akkuyu nuclear power plant and officially grant it nuclear facility status on April 27, Erdogan said in an earlier announcement on Wednesday.
The $20 billion, 4,800 megawatts (MW) project to build four reactors in the Mediterranean town of Akkuyu will allow Türkiye to join the small club of nations with civil nuclear energy.
Türkiye previously announced plans to launch the first reactor at Akkuyu in 2023.
