Sinop Nuclear Power Plant

Sinop Nuclear Power Plant
Official name Sinop Nükleer Güç Santrali A.Ş.
Country Turkey
Location Sinop
Coordinates 42°00′N 35°00′E / 42.000°N 35.000°E / 42.000; 35.000Coordinates: 42°00′N 35°00′E / 42.000°N 35.000°E / 42.000; 35.000
Status Contracted
Commission date 2023 (scheduled)
Construction cost US$22 billion
Nuclear power station
Reactor type PWR
Reactor supplier Atmea
Power generation
Make and model ATMEA1
Units planned 4 × 1120 MW[1]
Nameplate capacity 4480 MW planned

The Sinop Nuclear Power Plant (Turkish: Sinop Nükleer Enerji Santrali) is a planned nuclear plant located at Sinop in northern Turkey. It will be the country's second nuclear power plant after the projected Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant.

The deal for the project on a build-operate-transfer (BOT) basis was signed between Turkish Prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe on May 3, 2013. The project will be carried out by Atmea, a joint venture consortium of Japanese Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) and French Areva. Turkey, being geographically on a highly active earthquake-prone zone, relies on top-level safety know-how and experience of Japanese experts against earthquakes.[2]

MHI and Itochu planned to build the power plant, which would have a capacity of around 4,480 MWe.[1][3] Four generation III pressurized water reactors (PWR) of type ATMEA1 developed by Atmea will be installed in the nuclear plant.[2] French electric utility company Engie will be in charge of the operation of the nuclear plant. It is intended that Turkish Electricity Generation Corporation (EÜAŞ) will have 20-45% shares in the nuclear plant.[2]

The project remains in feasibility study stage as of 2018.[4] As of June 2015, the total project cost was estimated at approx. $15.8 billion, of which 70% would be debt financed.[5] It was projected that the first unit of Sinop plant will be active by 2023, and the fourth unit enter service by 2028.[2][6][7] As of 2018, the estimated project cost is more than $46 billion.[4]

In 2018 an Environmental Impact Assessment application was submitted to the Environment and Urban Planning Ministry. Location and construction licenses are still to be obtained from the Turkey Atomic Energy Agency.[8] In April, Nikkei reported that Itochu would withdraw from the project, while MHI and other investors were continuing the feasibility study through the summer of 2018.[4]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Nuclear Power Plant Planned Projects In Our Country". Republic of Turkey Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources., enerji.gov.tr.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Turkey, Japan sign $22 bln deal for Sinop nuclear plant". Hurriyet Daily News. Hürriyet Gazetecilik ve Matbaacılık A.Ş., hurriyetdailynews.com. May 3, 2013. Retrieved May 4, 2013.
  3. ↑ "MHI to Step Up Involvement in Sinop Nuclear Power Plant Project In Turkey". Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd., mhi.co.jp. May 8, 2013. Archived from the original on June 9, 2013. Retrieved June 21, 2013.
  4. 1 2 3 Hayashi, Eiki (2018-04-24). "Itochu pulls out of nuclear plant project in Turkey". Nikkei Asian Review. Retrieved 2018-07-26.
  5. ↑ "2 Japanese companies aim to fund 30% of Turkish nuclear project". Nikkei Asian Review. Nikkei. 8 June 2015. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
  6. ↑ "Turkey, Japan agree on nuclear plant investment". Anadolu Ajansı T.A.Ş., aa.com.tr. Anatolian Agency. May 3, 2013. Retrieved June 21, 2013.
  7. ↑ "Nuclear plants to help Turkey shave 7.2 bn $ off energy imports". Anadolu Ajansı T.A.Ş., aa.com.tr. Anatolian Agency. May 4, 2013. Retrieved June 21, 2013.
  8. ↑ "EIA application file for Sinop nuclear power plant submitted". Daily Sabah. 14 January 2018. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
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