Tag Archives: Nuclear power

More Musings about Sinop: What We Know and Unanswered Questions (UPDATE)

Posted on May 6, 2013 by aaronstein1

Below please find my analysis of the day’s Sinop related announcements. I have laid them out in bullet points: Taner Yildiz told reporters that the guaranteed cost per-kilowatt-hour for the Sinop site will be $11.8 US cents per hour. The … Continue reading →

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Japan and Turkey Make it Official: The Start of Nuclear Negotiations

Posted on May 2, 2013 by aaronstein1

Prime Minister Erdogan is expected to announce tomorrow the selection of a Japanese/French nuclear consortium for the construction of a second nuclear power plant at the Sinop site on Turkey’s Black Sea coast. While the AKP appears to have been … Continue reading →

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Lessons from the 1980s: Turkey’s Current Nuclear Tender

Posted on March 18, 2013 by aaronstein1

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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The Definition of Insanity: Turkey’s Nuclear Tenders

Posted on November 6, 2012 by aaronstein1

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 →

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