ISTANBUL
Turkish Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Taner Yildiz said on Tuesday that Turkey determined to have a nuclear power plant.
Speaking at a panel discussion titled "New Energy Corridor" as part of the World Economic Forum, Yildiz said that the number of nuclear power plants in the world exceeded 440.
While nuclear power plants involve risks, they also offer many opportunities, Yildiz stated.
At least half of all nuclear power plants are located in three countries, United States, France and Japan. We can relate a country's development to nuclear power plants being used, Yildiz stressed.
We can see that accidents as in Fukushima do not (negatively) affect decisions to have and operate nuclear power plants, Yildiz noted.
We are a county without a nuclear power plant. However, we are determined to have nuclear power plants. We want to meet our increasing energy needs by erecting at least 23 nuclear units by the year 2023. This implies establishing nuclear power plants in three regions of Turkey. We are in an effort to erect such nuclear power plants, Yildiz also said.
