Türkiye's first nuclear plant delayed by withheld Siemens parts


ANKARA, Sept. 11 (Xinhua) -- The opening of Türkiye's first nuclear power plant has been postponed after Germany's Siemens Energy withheld critical components, Turkish Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Alparslan Bayraktar said Wednesday.

The delay will push back the launch of the Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant's first reactor by a few months, Bayraktar told the semi-official Anadolu Agency.

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