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Nuclear Reaction
Turkish investors turn away from nuclear
Posted by bex on 30 September 2008.
Interesting news from our colleagues in Turkey, where 37 activists from Greenpeace and Global Action Group were arrested after protesting against nuclear energy last week.
The Turkish government has been busily trying to find a supplier for its first (of many, potentially) nuclear plant. But the plans have been stopped dead by... investors. Of the six companies supposedly interested in the contract, only one made a bid. And, without competition, Turkish law prevents the government from issuing the tender for a new nuclear plant.
Read more on Nuclear Reaction.
Misleading headline
It's more a case of Non-Turkish investors spurn unrealistic Turkish nuclear timetable. Turkey wants the plant to be operational by 2015. It usually takes at least ten years to build and commission nuclear plants.