Sinop Nuclear Power Plant

Sinop Nuclear Power Plant
Location of Sinop Nuclear Power Plant in Turkey
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	Atmea I Generation III Pressurised Water Reactor (PWR)
Reactor supplier	Atmea
Power generation
Units planned	4 x 1,120 MWe [1]
Nameplate capacity	4,480 MWe [1]

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 US$22 billion project will be carried out by Atmea, a joint venture consortium of Japanese Mitsubishi Heavy Industries 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]

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Itochu will build the power plant, which will have a capacity of around 4,480 MWe.^[1][3] Four generation III pressurized water reactors (PWR) of type Atmea I developed by Atmea will be installed in the nuclear plant.^[2]

French electric utility company GDF Suez 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]

It is projected that the first unit of Sinop plant will be active by 2023, and the fourth unit enter service by 2028.^[2][4][5]

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