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US evaluates nuclear cooperation with Turkey
11.07.2024
It came to the fore that the USA and Turkey are conducting negotiations for American companies to build nuclear reactors in Turkey. According to Washington's claim, this initiative will help Ankara move away from Russian nuclear supply.
According to the news in the FDD, the talks are taking place at a time when the US House of Representatives is discussing the law that sancts the state-owned nuclear monopoly of Russia, Rosatom, and the Biden administration is triggering the conditions to impose sanctions on Turkish organizations that cooperate with nuclear with Moscow.
According to a Turkish energy official, the US exports of possible large nuclear power reactors and small modular nuclear reactor (SMR) to Turkey at the heart of the talks between Washington and Ankara.
US Ambassador to Turkey Jeff Flake also told Reuters, 'We are working together to try to reduce [Turkey's] dependence on Russia as much as we can.'
Congress prepares for sanctions on Rosatom
Meanwhile, Congress is preparing sanctions as well as nuclear cooperation. On May 16, the House Foreign Relations Committee adopted the “Rosatom Enforcement Enforcement Act (HR 8046)” aimed at “permanently leaving the Russian nuclear industry” by Thomas Kean, Chairman of the European Subcommittee.
In essence, the law envisages the cessation of business in the US and the global with Rosatom, which remains an important source of income for the Kremlin as the Ukrainian war continues.
The law requires the Biden administration to “authorize secondary sanctions to Rosatom and its subsidiaries and affiliates...[and] any foreigner who is engaged in significant transactions with Rosatom.”
If the law is passed, it can affect the multibillion-dollar Turkish-Russian nuclear project in Akkuyu.
Sanction waiver may come to Ankara
The Rosatom Sanctions Act authorizes the Biden administration to waive sanctions by 2032 for countries that are actively working to eliminate business with Rosatom, as Washington hopes Ankara would. US-Turkey nuclear cooperation will probably require a waiver because Washington will not be able to legally nuclear cooperate with Turkish organizations, which are sanctioned for doing business with Rosatom.
It remains unclear how Washington plans to avoid sanctions against Turkey's cooperation with Russia after 2032, as Akkuyu power plants will remain in Russia's hands after this date and will be subject to the maintenance of Rosatom.
According to statements made by Rosatom CEO Alexei Lihachev on Russia 1 channel, the Americans recently seized 25 billion dollars allocated for the Akkuyu project.
Turkey also confirms negotiations with the USA
Speaking to Reuters at a conference on nuclear power plants at the beginning of the month, Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources official Yusuf Ceylan said, "The USA shows serious interest in Turkey's goal of increasing its nuclear energy capacity and building new power plants."
Upon a question about the projects being discussed, Ceylan said, "We can evaluate the areas of existing power plants or new power plants. We are in talks with the US for both large-scale power plants and small modular reactors. 'This is a statement of intent,' he replied.
Ceylan said that negotiations with South Korea and Russia are continuing with the second nuclear power plant planned to be built in the Sinop region, and with China's SPIC company for the third nuclear power plant planned to be built in the Thrace region.
Ambassador Jeff Flake, on the other hand, stated that Ankara talked about small modular reactors (to build) with both the USA and "others".
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