Ankara also wants to include small modular reactors in energy mix
Turkey is aiming to reach 7.2 GW of nuclear capacity by 2035 and 20 GW by 2050 as it seeks reliable baseload power to balance the intermittency of planned renewables, energy and natural resources minister Alparslan Bayraktar said at the Atomexpo event in the Russian coastal city of Sochi.
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