In response to predicted power supply shortfalls and rising
oil prices Turkey has decided on the nuclear power option.
Turkey wants to build three new nuclear generation plants with
a total generation capacity of 5,000MW by 2015, the first of
which will be developed at Mersin on Turkey's
Mediterranean coast. The Mersin site was chosen as it already
has the required license. Further down the line, a second
nuclear generation plant will be located at Sinop on the Black
Sea.
On 8 November 2007 the Turkish Parliament enacted the
"Law on the Establishment and Operation of Nuclear
Power Facilities and the Sale of Energy" (the
Nuclear Law) which entered into force on 21
November. The Nuclear Law states that the procedure for the
establishment of nuclear generation plants in Turkey will be
determined by the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources. The
first tender for a nuclear plant will be organised by
