Türkiye joins nuclear power club with Akkuyu plant: Erdogan


ANKARA, April 27 (Xinhua) -- Türkiye has joined the club of nuclear power countries with the nuclear fuel delivery into the first power unit of the Akkuyu nuclear power plant, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday.

"With the delivery of nuclear fuel by sea and air to our plant, the Akkuyu (nuclear power plant) has now acquired the nuclear power plant status. Therefore, our country has risen to the league of countries with nuclear power, albeit after 60 years of delay," Erdogan said at a ceremony via video link, joined by his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin online.

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