Current state
| Status | Under construction |
| Design | VVER-1200 (PWR) |
| Net capacity | 1,114 MWe |
| Country | Türkiye |
| Vendor | Rosatom |
| Owner / operator | Akkuyu Nuclear JSC (Rosatom BOO) |
| Construction start | 2021 |
| Original COD target | — |
| Current COD estimate | 2028 |
| Schedule slippage | — |
Notes
Verified 2026-09-28: 350-t turbine-hall crane installed May 2026 (Akkuyu Nuclear operator + Titan-2 contractor + Turkiye Today + Rosatom newsletter). Turbine wall concreting Jul 2025. 2028 grid connection per WNA table. Unit 1 construction completed 2026-06-23.
Milestone log
- 2026-06-16 — Listed as under construction in the WNA world table, grid connection estimated 2028 (source)
- 2025-07-30 — Concreting of turbine building walls completed at unit 3 (source)
- 2026-05-25 — Main 350-t overhead crane installed in the unit-3 turbine hall (6-hour lift); enables turbine-equipment installation and roof completion (source)
The milestone log is append-only: corrections are recorded as new entries, never rewrites. Full history via /api/v1/changes.
NNN coverage
At Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant
- The 6 nuclear stories that mattered this week 2026-10-10
- Akkuyu 1 completes primary-circuit hydraulic tests 2026-10-10
- Vietnam picks Rosatom for Ninh Thuan 1, Korea closes on Ninh Thuan 2 2026-09-13
- The 6 nuclear stories that mattered this week 2026-08-29
- Akkuyu 2 finishes primary-circuit welding in 73 days 2026-08-29
On the VVER-1200 design
- The 6 nuclear stories that mattered this week 2026-09-19
- The 8 nuclear stories that mattered this week 2026-09-05
- Rosatom signs EPC contract for Kazakhstan's first nuclear plant 2026-09-04
- The 6 nuclear stories that mattered this week 2026-08-16
- Tianwan 7 begins loading its first nuclear fuel 2026-08-13
- Tianwan 8 completes cold functional tests 2026-08-10
Sources
- https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/current-and-future-generation/plans-for-new-reactors-worldwide
- https://pris.iaea.org/pris/
- https://rosatom-energy.ru/en/projects/akkuyu/
- https://rosatomnewsletter.com/2026/01/26/akkuyu-on-the-homestretch/
- https://www.titan2.ru/en/media-press/lenta-novostej/46-projects-news/2915-bridge-crane-with-350-t-load-lifting-capacity-installed-in-turbine-building-of-akkuyu-npp-power-unit-3-under-construction-in-t-rkiye