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Category Archives: Nuclear Power
Explaining Turkish Nuclear Decision-Making: The Origins of Sinop
Last week, Turkey and Japan signed an agreement to begin exclusive negotiations for the construction of a nuclear power plant at the Sinop site on Turkey’s Black Sea coast. The agreement follows the 2010 agreement with Russia’s Rosatom for the … Continue reading
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Lessons from the 1980s: Turkey’s Current Nuclear Tender
Taner Yildiz announced on 11 March 2013 that Turkey “should be able to outline the details regarding the companies that will begin constructing a planned second nuclear plant in the country ‘before the end of [March].’” While Yildiz has made … Continue reading
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Tagged BOO, BOT, China, France, Japan, Nuclear power, South Korea
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Turkey: Nonproliferation Norms and Nuclear Weapons
In the wake of North Korea’s third nuclear test, I thought it prudent to re-evaluate Turkey’s nonproliferation policies. While Turkish foreign policy remains largely focused on its immediate periphery, the DPRK’s nuclear test is likely to harden Ankara’s commitment to … Continue reading
Turkey’s Nuclear Tender: Status Update
Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yildiz announced at a recent panel discussion that Turkey expects to select a supplier for its second nuclear power plant by the “end of January, unless extra time is needed to consider more offers.” According to Hurriyet … Continue reading
Turkey’s Nuclear Timeline
Turkey has a long history with nuclear energy and nuclear weapons. However, the history is not widely discussed, nor is it widely reported on in the Turkish press. Thus, I thought I would make an easy to follow timeline for … Continue reading
Posted in NATO, Nuclear Power, Nuclear Weapons, Tactical Nuclear Weapons, Turkey
Tagged B61-12, Greece, NATO, Tactical Nuclear Weapons, the United States, Turkey
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The Definition of Insanity: Turkey’s Nuclear Tenders
The definition of insanity, according to Albert Einstein, is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results – What can the man who gave the world the theory of relativity – a critical discovery on the road to nuclear energy (and … Continue reading
