More enabling legislation in Turkey
05 January 2009
[Today's Zaman, 4 January] Turkish lawmakers have tabled legislation that specifies nuclear energy will only be used only for peaceful purposes. The bill foresees the establishment of a Turkish Nuclear Regulatory Board to independently oversee nuclear safety in the country. It also describes a Turkish Atomic Energy Commission, composed of representatives of government departments, in addition to the existing Turkish Atomic Energy Agency. The move follows the passing of legislation on the operation of nuclear power stations and the sale of their electricity in May 2007 and a tender for the construction of a nuclear power plant in September 2008. There was only one bidder: a consortium led by Russia's AtomStroyExport.