MOSCOW, February 16. /TASS/. As of today, Rosatom has not received any official notifications from Siemens that the German company is suspending supplies of equipment for the Akkuyu NPP in Turkey.

This information was confirmed to TASS on Thursday by the press service of Akkuyu Nukleer, which is part of Russian nuclear corporation Rosatom

"To date, we have not received any official notifications about suspension of the supply of equipment. <…> At present, our partner, Siemens, is complying with its contractual obligations for the supply of equipment," Akkuyu Nukleer reported.

Siemens has almost completed the manufacture of power equipment for the Akkuyu NPP. At the end of 2022, Akkuyu Nukleer specialists took part in the equipment acceptance procedure at a plant in Germany, the report says.

On Thursday, the Kommersant newspaper reported that the Akkuyu nuclear power plant may have problems with the supply of electrical equipment from Germany's Siemens Energy. The German regulator has not yet issued a full set of permits for its export.

About Akkuyu NPP

The Akkuyu NPP is the first nuclear power plant to be built in Turkey. The project is being implemented in accordance with the inter-governmental agreement, signed by Russia and Turkey in 2010. It is being funded completely by the Russian side. Russia’s Rosatom is a majority shareholder of Akkuyu Nukleer JSC, tasked with the development, construction, maintenance, operation and decommissioning of the power plant.

The construction of the Akkuyu NPP is the first project in the global nuclear industry implemented according to the Build-Own-Operate model.

The nuclear station will include four Russian-designed VVER generation 3+ reactors. Each reactor’s power output will stand at 1,200 MW. Once commissioned and brought to full capacity, the NPP will produce about 35 billion kWh every year. The power plant is expected to cover up to 10% of Turkey's electricity needs. The completion of the first power unit of the Akkuyu NPP is expected this year.