Rosatom: There was no damage to the construction of the Akkuyu nuclear power plant

The Russian public nuclear energy company Rosatom announced that there was no damage to the Akkuyu nuclear power plant, which is under construction in Turkey after the earthquake that occurred this morning in Turkey and Syria.

“Our experts did not detect any damage to the buildings, cranes and equipment,” Anastasia Zoteeva of Rosatom said, according to the RIA news agency. “Still, we are conducting a thorough review to ensure construction and installation activities can be carried out safely,” Zoteeva said.

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Zoteeva explains:

“The earthquake that happened in Turkey and what happened afterwards made us all sad and worried. The earthquake, whose epicenter is in the Pazarcık district of Kahramanmaraş, was felt with a magnitude of approximately 3 in the region where the site of the Akkuyu nuclear power plant is located. Our experts have not detected any damage to the buildings, equipment and cranes in our field.

Construction and assembly work continues on the site. We will provide all kinds of support to those who were damaged in the earthquake. Among the employees, what is necessary is being done to cover the basic needs of the earthquake zone.

The emergency units, the Mobilization Unit and the Civil Protection and Emergency Protection Units of AKKUYU NÜKLEER are preparing to send equipment and personnel to the region for post-earthquake assistance in cooperation with AFAD, the emergency center in Turkey ”.

Based in the Pazarcık district of Kahramanmaraş, 7.7 affecting 10 provinces size Many people lost their lives in the earthquake in Turkey and Syria. Search multiple buildings salvage work d.keep going. (Reuters)