Adoption of the legislative framework regarding the construction
and operation of nuclear power plants
("NPP") has been an ongoing process in
Turkey since 1960s, which gained significant momentum after the
signing of a nuclear cooperation agreement between Turkey and
Russia for the Akkuyu project in 2010. Most recently, an important
piece of such legislation, namely the Regulation on Construction
Supervision of NPPs ("Regulation"), has
been published in the Official Gazette on 31 March 2017.
General Principles
According to the Regulation, the project company
("Owner"), which has obtained a license
from the Turkish Atomic Energy Authority
("TAEK") in order to construct a NPP,
shall execute a services agreement with one or more NPP
construction supervision companies prior to commencing the
construction, manufacturing and assembly of the relevant NPP for
supervision of these activities in order to ensure its construction
in line with the nuclear security principles
