MTA SEMINARWhat’s Wrong With Turkey’s Quest for Nuclear Power!? MUSTAFA KIBAROGLU, Ph.D. ISP & MTA Fellow Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs John F. Kennedy School of Government HARVARD UNIVERSITY
BCSIA Library
December 14, 2004
What’s Wrong With Turkey’s Quest for Nuclear Power!?
Turkey’s international standing:
Signed the NPT in January 1969 and ratified in April 1980;
Signed Safeguards Agreement with the IAEA (INFCIRC/295) in September 1981;
Ratified the Additional Protocol in July 2001;
Signed the CTBT August 1996 and ratified in February 2001;
Member of the Zangger Committee and the NSG since June 2000;
Member of the MTCR since April 1997;
Signed the BTWC in April 1972 and ratified in November 1974;
Signed the CWC in January 1993 and ratified in May 1997;
What’s Wrong With Turkey’s Quest for Nuclear Power!?
Some facts about Turkey
Population : 67 + millions
Population growth rate: 2.1% per annum
Population forecast: 85 millions in 2010; 100 millions in 2020
Total energy energy production: 26 million tons oil equivalent (mtoe) in 2003
Total energy energy consumption: 2003 84 mtoe; 2010 126 mtoe; 2020 222 mtoe
Total electricity consumption: 150 billion kilowatt hours (TWh) in 2004
Increase in electricity consumption: 7% per annum
Distribution of energy sources: 38% oil; 27% coal; 23% gas; 12% hydraulic
What’s Wrong With Turkey’s Quest for Nuclear Power!?
Estimates of electricity consumption by various institutions
…MoE : 2005197 TWh;2010294 TWh;2020570 TWh
…TEAS : 2005212 TWh;2010290 TWh;2020547 TWh
…CEE : 2005171 TWh;2010224 TWh;2020310 TWh
The consumption figure for 2004 which is 150 TWh suggests that, with a
7% increase per annum, the energy consumption in 2005 should be around 160.5 TWh. This implies that for the year 2005 there is:
… 18.6% deviation in the estimate of MoE;
… 24.3% deviation in the estimate of TEAS;
… 6.2% deviation in the estimate of the CEE;
What’s Wrong With Turkey’s Quest for Nuclear Power!?
Turkey’s energy potential as of 2004
Installed capacity: 37,480 MWe
Share of indigenous sources: ~30 percent
Thermal potential: 120 TWh
Installed thermal capacity: 42 TWh (35%)
Hydroelectric potential: 128 TWh
Installed hydroelectric capacity: 45 TWh (35%)
Total energy potential: 248 TWh
Total capacity created: 87 TWh (35%)
Total energy consumed: 150 TWh
Need for new capacity by 2020: 54,080 MWe
Share of nuclear by 2012: 4,500 MWe
What’s Wrong With Turkey’s Quest for Nuclear Power!?
Major steps in Turkey’s interest in nuclear energy
…In 1956 the Turkish Atomic Energy Commission (TAEC) was established under the auspices of the Turkish Prime Ministry “to coordinate efforts to build nuclear research and training centers, and to issue licenses for nuclear power plants”;
…In 1961 the Cekmece Nuclear Research and Training Center (CNRTC) was established and a 1 MWth pool-type research reactor TR-1 was installed in 1962;
…In 1966 the Ankara Nuclear Research and Training Center (ANRTC) was established “to carry out fundamental and applied research to use nuclear energy and technology for the benefit of the country and to support national development”;
…In 1967 first feasibility studies for the construction of 400 MWe PHWR were launched in order to start generating electricity by 1977;
…From 1972 to 1974 site selection studies for a 600 MWe nuclear power plant were conducted throughout Turkey and in 1976 TAEC issued license for the Akkuyu Bay on the Mediterranean “due to its stable seismic conditions”;
What’s Wrong With Turkey’s Quest for Nuclear Power!?
…In 1977 negotiations on the construction of a 600 MWe power plant begun with two half-state-owned Swedish firms, namely Asea-Atom and Stal-Laval;
…In 1979 the 250 kWth Triga Mark II research reactor started in operation;
…In 1980 site selection survey for a second nuclear power plant begun and Inceburun on the Black Sea shore was selected;
…In 1981 the TR-1, which was shut down in 1977, was replaced by a 5 MWth pool-type research reactor TR-2;
…In 1982 TAEC was replaced by Turkish Atomic Energy Authority (TAEK) as a governmental organization “under the direct supervision of the Prime Minister”;
…In 1983 letters of intent were issued to 3 firms: AECL for a 655 MWe CANDU (Akkuyu); KWU for 990 MWe PWR (Akkuyu); GE for 1,185 MWe BWR (Sinop);
What’s Wrong With Turkey’s Quest for Nuclear Power!?
Major steps in Turkey’s interest in nuclear energy (cont’d)
...General Electric (GE) soon withdrawn, but AECL and KWU continued. At a later stage KWU as well withdrawn;
…In 1984 the Turkish government suggested Built-Operate-Transfer (BOT) to AECL for two CANDU reactors one in Akkuyu and one in Inceburun (Sinop);
…Allegations about an “illegal Turkish-Pakistani connection” are intensified and they have affected the Canadian firm, which had already encountered troubles in financing the bid, resulting in a deadlock in the negotiations;
…In 1988 Turkey signed a 15-year nuclear cooperation agreement with Argentina for “technical assistance” including “front-end nuclear fuel-cycle research and development, and research on power and research reactor planning, construction, quality assurance, operation and regulation”;
…Turkey is interested in Argentine 380 MWe Argos PWR designed by Empresa Nuclear Argentina de Centrales Electricas (ENACE);
What’s Wrong With Turkey’s Quest for Nuclear Power!?
Major steps in Turkey’s interest in nuclear energy (cont’d)
...As part of the agreement Turkish scientists and technicians would go to Bariloche Nuclear Center in Argentina for “training”;
…Turkey also sought an agreement for an Argentine 25 MWe CAREM nuclear reactor developed by Investigaciones Aplicadas (INVAP) at Bariloche Center;
…In 1990 Turkey and Argentina agreed to form a joint architect-engineering firm to develop Argentina’s modular low power CAREM-25 reactors “to export to other nations in Latin America, Africa and the Middle East” in the long term;
…The United States was said to have “worried because of the fears that Turkey might sell the technology, that it would acquire from Argentina, to Pakistan”;
…Prof. Dr. Yalcin Sanalan, then Director of TAEK, soon cancelled the CAREM-25 deal which he “found ambiguous, because CAREM was too small for electricity generation, too big for research and training, but suitable for plutonium production: thus a proliferation concern that would diminish Turkey’s chances in the future”;
What’s Wrong With Turkey’s Quest for Nuclear Power!?
Major steps in Turkey’s interest in nuclear energy (cont’d)
...in 1995 the Korean Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI) won a contract for “investigation of internationally accepted contemporary nuclear power plant types and systems feasible for Turkey; review of bids solicited during previous attempts to set up a nuclear program in Turkey; and consultations with TEAS during bid evaluations and contract negotiations”;
…In 1996 Turkey planned to accept bids for Akkuyu nuclear power plant either as a single unit of 1,200 MWe or two units of 600 MWe each;
…Three consortia made offers in the bidding: 1. Westinghouse (USA), Mitsubishi (Japan) Enka-MNG (Turkey); 2. AECL (Canada), Kuarner John Brown (Britain), Hitachi (Japan), Gama-Guris-Bayindir (Turkey), Ansoldo (Italy) Daiwoo (Korea). 3. NPI (France-Germany), Siemens (Germany), Framatome (France), Campenon Bernard-Hochtief-Garanti (Germany-Turkey), Simko, STFA, Tekfen (Turkey);
…In June 2000, the Turkish government postponed the bid “to be considered at a later time due to a lack of financial resources”;
What’s Wrong With Turkey’s Quest for Nuclear Power!?
Why did Turkey’s repeated attempts to install nuclear power plants fail?
International Concerns:
1...Worries about illicit cooperation between Turkey and Pakistan;
2...Allegations of secret desires to build nuclear weapons capability;
What’s Wrong With Turkey’s Quest for Nuclear Power!
MTA SEMINAR What’s Wrong With Turkey’s Quest for Nuclear Power? MUSTAFA KIBAROGLU, Ph.D. ISP & MTA Fellow Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs John F. Kennedy School of Government HARVARD UNIVERSITY