Turkey and the United States have agreed to a joint nuclear energy study, signed on the sidelines of the UN General Asse...

Turkey and the United States have agreed to a joint nuclear energy study, signed on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York on Tuesday. Turkey's state-owned nuclear agency, TUNAS, and the US Trade and Development Agency agreed to a roughly $2 million project that will assess small modular reactor designs from four American companies, alongside five fourth-generation reactor technologies, for potential deployment in Turkey. The study will cover everything from reactor design and costs to site selection, safety requirements, and financing models. The agreement was announced by Turkey's Energy Ministry, which confirmed the work is expected to take at least one year and produce formal technical reports. The assessment will look at each reactor from technical, economic, legislative, and licensing angles, including supply chain readiness and emergency planning requirements. The deal was reached at the UN General Assembly in New York, where TUNAS and USTDA officials formalized the arrangement. Turkey has been pushing to develop nuclear energy capacity for years, and this agreement gives Ankara direct access to some of the most advanced American reactor technology currently in development. Russia's Rosatom is already building Turkey's first nuclear plant at Akkuyu on the Mediterranean coast. A parallel US-backed track into SMR and fourth-generation technology signals Turkey is deliberately diversifying its nuclear partnerships, keeping ties with both Washington and Moscow as it positions itself as a future nuclear energy player. #Turkey #NuclearEnergy #UNGeneralAssembly