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Minister says Turkey could work with US and S. Korea for its second nuclear plant

Alparslan Bayraktar, the Energy Minister, said that Turkey could work with the United States, South Korea and Japan for its second nuclear power plant. He added that this might be a trilateral arrangement.

Ankara said that it was in discussions with Russia, China and South Korea about possible new nuclear power stations in the western Thrace and northern Sinop regions to be added to the Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant it is building with Russia.

Bayraktar told CNN Turk that President Tayyip Erdoan had discussed cooperation with leaders of Canada, France and the United States on small modular plants and conventional plants after meeting Donald Trump, the U.S. president, at the White House.

"We can say that the United States and South Korea were added together. Therefore, there may be a trilateral model with Korea-America-Turkey," he said, while repeating that the first reactor of Akkuyu would be operational in 2026.

Bayraktar said that Turkey also wanted to access cheap energy, technology transfer and know-how through such investments. An agreement providing these benefits was reached with Russia for Akkuyu. It would also seek this same thing for its second nuclear plant.

(source: Reuters)