Turkish conglomerate IC Holding plans to develop up to 20 small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs) in Türkiye and neighboring countries under a strategic partnership with U.S.-based ARC Clean Technology, a senior executive said on Wednesday.
The company, one of the main contractors on Türkiye's first nuclear power plant project, Akkuyu, signed an agreement with ARC in April to deploy the company's sodium-cooled advanced SMR technology.
Under the plan, IC Holding aims to build 10 reactors with a combined installed capacity of 1,000 megawatts (MW) in Türkiye, while developing another 10 reactors in neighboring countries, Murad Bayar, chair of IC Nuclear Technology, said.
Türkiye seeks to expand nuclear generation alongside renewable energy as it pursues its net-zero emissions goals.
In addition to the four-reactor Akkuyu plant, the government plans to build large-scale nuclear power stations in Sinop on the Black Sea coast and in the Thrace region.
