Canada's AtkinsRealis anticipates that Turkey will complete an early review of its CANDU reactors following an information exchange later this summer, which may lead to concrete talks for a nuclear plant bid, a top company official said.
Turkey's first nuclear plant is being built by Russia's Rosatom and Ankara has been talking to South Korea's KEPCO and China's SPIC for the next two plants.
AtkinsRealis is the latest to open talks and vie for the job.
The company signed a memorandum of understanding with state plant operator TUNAS in March to evaluate the applicability of the reactor technology in Turkey.
Ankara followed up with on-site visits to Romania's Cernavoda and Canada's Darlington CANDU nuclear plants, by two high-profile ministers last month.
