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ANKARA, Turkey, May 10 (UPI) -- Turkey's top nuclear official played down safety and waste concerns and set a 2015 deadline for building a nuclear plant.
Okay Cakiroglu, chairman of the Turkish Atomic Energy Agency, said Thursday nuclear power is necessary to meet energy demand without contributing emissions that cause climate change.
"The first nuclear power plant of Turkey will be built by 2015," Cakiroglu said. "We have the necessary know-how for this."
He said nuclear waste is an issue down the road, which he said would be solved by then. And he said the fact that Chernobyl was the only serious accident in the history of nuclear energy was a good sign. He urged Turkey to act quickly, the Anatolia news agency reports.
This week Turkey's Parliament passed legislation for guidelines on establishing a nuclear sector. It gave the Turkish Energy Ministry authority to put out tenders to construct plants.
Today's Zaman reports Ankara wants to build three plants powering 5,000 megawatts total. The Republican People's Party, non-governmental and environmental organizations have criticized the plan.
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