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Four Foreign Companies Interested in Turkish Nuclear Tender

By Ayla Jean Yackley and Ali Berat Meric

April 7 (Bloomberg) -- Four foreign companies have sought tender documents for Turkey's first nuclear power license since the auction was opened two weeks ago.

Potential bidders including France's Vinci SA, the world's biggest construction company, Belgium's Suez-Tractabel SA and Canada's AECL have sought the specifications, an Energy Ministry official said on condition of anonymity. The fourth company to express interest is Japanese, the official said.

The deadline for bidding is on Sept. 24. Turkey is seeking offers to build a 4,000 megawatt nuclear-power station, its first atomic plant, in the town of Akkuyu on the southern Mediterranean coast.

To contact the reporter on this story: Ayla Jean Yackley in Istanbul at ayackley@bloomberg.net.

Last Updated: April 7, 2008 07:32 EDT

shirleyanntr

this project was abandoned in about 2000..there were strong protests from people in the Area.
İts crazy because its in the Adana area where there have been earthquakes in the past.

ukdaasfan

Japan has loads of earthquakes and they have reactors everywhere....

And the asfest Nuclear indsutryn in the world.