Tag Archives: Turkey

Quake risk for Japanese-French nuclear plant in Turkey lowered to keep costs down, sources say via The Japan Times

Posted on 2017/01/08 by nfield

Government-commissioned research firms have come up with a questionably low estimate for how badly an earthquake could rattle a nuclear power plant being built in Turkey by a Japanese-French venture, sources say. The estimated “peak ground acceleration” — the term … Continue reading →

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How a stockpile of America’s nuclear weapons got tangled up in a Middle East crisis　via The Los Angeles Times

Posted on 2016/07/23 by norma field

[…] But the failed military coup against Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan last week has ratcheted up long-standing concerns about the military usefulness and security of the Incirlik armory, America’s largest foreign stockpile of nuclear weapons. Security remains at the … Continue reading →

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Turkey coup attempt raises fears over safety of US nuclear stockpile via The Guardian

Posted on 2016/07/17 by norma field

About 50 nuclear bombs are stored at Incirlik airbase, which was closed after Turkey claimed coup plotters used it The attempted coup in Turkey on Friday and the subsequent closure of the Incirlik airbase in the south of the country … Continue reading →

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Nuclear concerns in Armenia via The Jerusalem Post

Posted on 2016/05/08 by yukimiyamotodepaul

At a press conference on April 29 in Armenia, MP Hrant Bagratyan, a former prime minister, claimed that Armenia has nuclear weapons. […] At a press conference on April 29 in Armenia, MP Hrant Bagratyan, a former prime minister, claimed … Continue reading →

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Turkey’s Energy Ministry refuses to deliver int’l report on Akkuyu nuclear plant to court via Today’s Zaman

Posted on 2015/05/07 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Turkey’s Energy Ministry has refused to deliver an international infrastructure report on the country’s much-debated Akkuyu nuclear power plant on which construction has started in the country’s southern province of Mersin to a court, saying the report concerns the security … Continue reading →

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Turkish nuclear plant to be built by Franco-Japanese group via PortTurkey.com

Posted on 2015/04/13 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Agreement for cooperation between Turkey and Japan permits construction of $20 billion plant – Turkey owns stake in project An agreement for cooperation between  Turkey and Japan fornuclear cooperation became law on Thursday. The agreement, which will permit the building … Continue reading →

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Turkey Wows Plans For Its Second Nuclear Power Plant via Bianet

Posted on 2015/04/01 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Turkey’s Parliament ratified an international treaty to establish a nuclear power plant in the northern province of Sinop. Turkey’s Parliament ratified an international treaty to establish a nuclear power plant in the northern province of Sinop. While this became Turkey’s … Continue reading →

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Signatures on nuclear power plant environmental impact report forged via Today’s Zaman

Posted on 2015/01/12 by norma field

A report in the BirGün daily on Monday maintained that the engineers responsible for preparing the Akkuyu plant resigned from their posts six months before the reports were due to be turned in, prompting suspicion that the assessments had been … Continue reading →

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Turkey: Man rows for three months in nuclear protest via BBC News

Posted on 2014/11/04 by norma field

Huseyin Urkmez spent three months rowing the 1,500km (930 miles) from Hopa, near Turkey’s eastern border, to the port of Ortakoy in Istanbul, the Yesil Gazete website reports. He was greeted by the cheers of environmental activists after his mammoth … Continue reading →

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Japan Diet OKs civil nuclear pacts with Turkey, UAE via Nikkei Asian Review

Posted on 2014/04/18 by yukimiyamotodepaul

TOKYO (Kyodo) — The Diet on Friday approved civil nuclear agreements with Turkey and the United Arab Emirates that will help Japan export atomic power reactors to the rapidly developing economies, in line with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s growth strategy. The … Continue reading →

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