The bus carrying employees of Turkey’s first nuclear power plant, Akkuyu, overturned. The agency wrote that at least 23 people were injured as a result of the accident that occurred in the south of the country. IHA.
It was reported that the vehicle carrying nuclear power plant employees was heading from Antalya to Mersin. However, the bus crashed into the fences and overturned for an unknown reason near Akdere village.
As a result of the accident, 23 of the 35 passengers were injured and taken to hospitals in Silifke.
As Turkish officials have previously stated, the Akkuyu nuclear power plant will start producing electricity and selling it next year. This statement was made by Zafer Demircan, Deputy Minister of Energy of Türkiye.
It was noted that the construction of the facility, which is Turkey’s first Akkuyu nuclear power plant, with the participation of Russia, continues according to schedule. Currently, the construction readiness of power unit No. 1 exceeds 90%.
Before that, General Director of the state corporation Rosatom Alexey Likhachev statedIt was stated that Ankara made a political decision to assign Rosatom to the construction of a second nuclear power plant (NGP) in the country.
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