Turkey and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) discussed Tuesday about the country's plans to build two nuclear power plants.
"We discussed the construction of nuclear power plants in Akkuyu and Sinop in line with technical specifications of the agency," Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yildiz said at a press conference with Director General of the IAEA Yukiya Amano in Ankara.
Turkey and the IAEA would continue the cooperation in a strong way, Yildiz said, adding that the IAEA would increase the number of Turkish engineers working in the agency.
"There are technology universities of nuclear power plants in France, Russia, South Korea, Japan and the United States. We plan to open one in Turkey," the minister added.
In May 2010, Turkey and Russia signed a deal on the construction of Turkey's first nuclear power plant in Akkuyu, a small town on the Mediterranean coast. The project was expected to cost about 20 billion U.S. dollars, and the first reactor is planned to generate electricity by 2018.
In October 2013, Turkey and Japan signed a agreement on building Turkey's second nuclear power plant in the Black Sea province of Sinop.
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