France Steps Into Ring to Build Turkey’s Second Nuclear Plant
From Hurriyet Daily News
French company GDF Suez has officially placed a joint bid with Japanese companies Itochu and Mitsubishi to construct Turkey’s second nuclear power plant, which is expected to cost around $25 billion.
Japan, South Korea, China and Canada have been the short-listed contenders for the 5,000-megawatt nuclear power plant, which is slated to be built in the Black Sea province of Sinop.
France had also expressed its intention to step into the ring during French Trade Minister Nicole Bricq’s visit to Turkey last January.
The talks to reach an intergovernmental agreement for the plant took place last week in Ankara, the Turkish Energy Ministry and GDF Suez representatives told Reuters.
