The concrete foundation of the turbine building for Akkuyu unit 3 in Turkey includes a steel reinforcement frame which measures 58.2 metres by 20.4 metres by 5.3 metres.

The installation in the design position of the lower part of the outer containment dome has been completed at unit 1 of Turkey's Akkuyu nuclear power plant.

The top section of the cylindrical part of the inner containment building for the third unit at Turkey's Akkuyu nuclear power plant has been installed in place.

The first unit at the Akkuyu nuclear power plant is being prepared for the loading of dummy fuel, and with three more units under construction, the two sides discussed the potential of collaborating on a second nuclear power plant in Turkey.

The three-month process of installing the roof on the turbine building of the second unit at Turkey's Akkuyu nuclear power plant has been completed.

The 7-metre diameter and 14-metre-long cylindrical chamber has an airlock system allowing the moving of material or equipment into and out of the heart of the first unit at Turkey's new Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant.

The first unit at the Akkuyu nuclear power plant in Turkey is now entering the commissioning stage, with the aim of it supplying Turkey's energy system in 2025, Rosatom says.

TVEL has entered an agreement "to develop cost plans for the decommissioning" of the four units being built at Turkey's Akkuyu nuclear power plant, which are expected to have a design life of at least 60 years.

Turkey's Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar says it hopes to launch the first unit at Akkuyu by the end of the year - while negotiations continue with Russia, China and South Korea about two more nuclear power plants.