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South Korea eyes nuclear push in Turkey

By Delphine Strauss and Funja Guler in Ankara

Published: March 11 2010 00:11 | Last updated: March 11 2010 00:11

South Korea’s plans to become a global player in the nuclear industry were boosted on Wednesday by the signing of a co-operation agreement between Korea Electric Power Corporation (Kepco) and Turkey’s Elektrik Üretim (EUAS), the two countries’ state power companies.

The deal gives Kepco five months to conduct feasibility studies and produce a bid to build a 5,600 megawatt plant with four reactors in the Black Sea province of Sinop, Taner Yildiz, energy minister, confirmed in a telephone interview.

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