Head of Rosatom and Energy Minister of Turkiye held a working meeting at the Akkuyu NPP site

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Rosatom, PUBLISHED 20.01.2026

Director General of Rosatom Alexey Likhachev and Minister of Energy and Natural Resources of Turkiye Alparslan Bayraktar visited the Akkuyu NPP construction site.

During the working visit, the parties discussed the current status of the project and key tasks in preparation for the commissioning of Unit 1.

The heads of Rosatom and the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources of Turkiye were accompanied at the site by Akkuyu Nuclear JSC Board Chairperson Anton Dedusenko, Akkuyu Nuclear JSC CEO Sergei Butckikh, and Akkuyu Nuclear JSC First Deputy CEO - Chief Technology Officer Andrei Zhukov.

The delegations got acquainted with the progress of work at the main facilities of the first commissioning and start-up complex.

They visited the main control room of Unit 1, where the plant operational shift employees are working within the regular schedule.

During the visit, special attention was paid to the construction of the electrical infrastructure of the plant.

Head of the State Corporation and the Minister of Energy of Turkiye inspected the equipment of the gas insulated switchgear (GIS). Earlier, the GIS was supplied with voltage from an external power grid.

Connection operation confirmed the readiness of the Akkuyu NPP power distribution system to transfer electricity from Unit 1 to the interconnected power system of the Republic of Turkiye.

Topics: Asia, Turkey, NPP Akkuyu, Rosatom

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