Turkey's
first nuclear plant, Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant (NPP), will receive an
incentive worth nearly $19.9 billion, according to Turkey's Economy Ministry
data on Friday.
In
the ministry's release of monthly incentive approvals for November, Akkuyu NPP
received for the first time an incentive of nearly $19.9 billion (76 billion
Turkish liras).
According
to the list, 2,764 people will be employed at the plant with the help of the
incentive.
Expenditure
for the plant's machinery and equipment imports will amount to $4.5 billion,
the ministry noted.
Russia's
State Atomic Energy Corporation, Rosatom, plans to construct the nuclear power
plant in the country's southern province of Mersin on the Mediterranean coast.
The
plant has an operational date set for the first reactor by 2023 and the plant
is expected to be up and running at full capacity by 2025.
(Anadolu
Agency
)