Energy and Natural Resources Minister Alparslan Bayraktar visited Romania on Wednesday to inspect a nuclear power plant using Canada's CANDU reactor technology as Türkiye evaluates options for its planned third nuclear power station.
According to a statement from the Energy Ministry, Bayraktar toured Romania's Cernavoda Nuclear Power Plant, which operates two CANDU reactors developed by Canadian engineering firm AtkinsRealis.
Türkiye is seeking to expand its nuclear power capacity beyond the four-reactor Akkuyu plant, which is being built by Russia's state-owned nuclear company Rosatom in the southern Mersin province and is expected to begin generating electricity later this year.
Ankara plans to construct two additional large-scale nuclear power plants, one in Sinop on the Black Sea coast and in the Thrace region, with negotiations continuing with South Korea for a second facility and discussions with Canada accelerating in recent months for a third project.
"A critical process is underway for Türkiye," Bayraktar said during the visit.
