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Rosatom: Physical startup of Akkuyu NPP's first power unit one step away

11 November 2026 14:03 (UTC +04:00)

The Rosatom State Corporation is one step away from the physical startup of the first power unit of the Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) under construction in Türkiye, and all necessary work is being carried out to ensure that this process takes place in 2026, Rosatom Director General Alexey Likhachev told journalists, TASS reports.

"We are one step away from the physical startup of the first power unit of the Akkuyu NPP. Of course, this is a construction project of global scale that the entire world is watching. Everyone is watching how we are approaching the startup process step by step, with the loading of the first fuel assembly. We are doing everything we can to make this happen this year," he said.

Emil Ismayilov

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