{"docs":"https://www.nuclearnewsnetwork.com/tracker","terms":"History surfaces — append-only milestone logs, event/change feeds, and full JSON snapshots — are provided under the NNN Data License Terms (https://www.nuclearnewsnetwork.com/data-license): journalism, research, citation and AI answering are expressly permitted royalty-free with attribution; systematic bulk extraction, dataset redistribution, and embedding in commercial products or training corpora require a commercial license.","terms_url":"https://www.nuclearnewsnetwork.com/data-license","attribution":{"text":"Nuclear News Network, \"NNN Reactor Project Tracker\", https://www.nuclearnewsnetwork.com/tracker","url":"https://www.nuclearnewsnetwork.com/tracker"},"unit":{"slug":"akkuyu-1","name":"Akkuyu-1","plant":"Akkuyu","unit":1,"country":"TR","region":"europe","reactor_type":"PWR","design":"VVER-1200","capacity_mw_net":1114,"is_smr":false,"vendor":"Rosatom","owner_operator":"Akkuyu Nuclear JSC (Rosatom BOO)","vendor_id":"org:rosatom","owner_operator_ids":["org:akkuyu-nuclear"],"design_id":"design:vver-1200","site_id":"site:akkuyu","status":"commissioning","construction_start":"2018-04-03","original_cod_target":2023,"current_cod_estimate":"2026-2027","milestones":[{"date":"2018-04-03","event":"First concrete, Unit 1","source":"https://pris.iaea.org/pris/"},{"date":"2023-04-27","event":"First fuel delivered to site; plant designated a nuclear facility","source":"https://world-nuclear-news.org/"},{"date":"2026-06-15","event":"Unit 1 ~99% complete; Rosatom targets fuel loading and startup in fall 2026","source":"https://www.turkiyetoday.com/business/akkuyu-nuclear-power-plants-first-unit-on-track-for-fall-2026-launch-rosatom-3222946"},{"date":"2026-06-25","event":"Rosatom CEO Likhachev announces construction of Akkuyu Unit 1 completed; unit fully shifted to commissioning/startup works","source":"https://akkuyu.com/en/news/alexey-likhachev-construction-of-akkuyu-npp-unit-1-completed"},{"date":"2026-08-06","event":"Integrated commissioning operation of electricity-generation section completed: test vacuum build-up established at Unit 1 turbine facility (~6-hour operation)","source":"https://akkuyu.com/en/news/test-vacuum-build-up-operation-established-at-the-akkuyu-npp-unit-1-turbine-facility"},{"date":"2026-09-03","event":"WANO Moscow Center pre-startup peer review (Crew Performance Observation mission) begins at Akkuyu site","source":"https://atommedia.online/en/press-releases/na-ploshchadke-aes-akkuyu-startoval-planovyy-etap-predpuskovoy-partnyerskoy-proverki-vao-aes/"}],"sources":["https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/current-and-future-generation/plans-for-new-reactors-worldwide","https://pris.iaea.org/pris/","https://akkuyu.com/en/news","https://www.nucnet.org/news/loading-of-dummy-fuel-completed-at-akkuyu-1-nuclear-plant-in-turkey-6-3-2026","https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/dummy-fuel-successfully-loaded-in-akkuyu-1","https://www.azernews.az/region/263326.html"],"last_verified":"2026-09-15","verified":true,"confidence":"high","notes":"Turkey's first NPP; Rosatom build-own-operate model. Dummy fuel loading completed June 2026 (NucNet, WNN, Anadolu Agency, NDK-supervised); as of 2026-09-15 real fuel NOT yet loaded — target end-Sep/early-Oct 2026, with first electricity possible late Dec 2026 and commercial operation ~8-10 months after fuel loading (i.e., 2026-2027 range). Rosatom CEO: fuel loading and unit 'lift-up' scheduled for fall 2026; Turkish minister aims for first electricity by end of 2026.","tags":["turkey","rosatom","vver","boo-model","newcomer-country"],"updated_at":"2026-09-15","slippage_years":3}}