[5] In May 2010, Russia and Turkey signed an agreement that a subsidiary of Rosatom would build, own, and operate a power plant in Akkuyu comprising four 1,200 MWe VVER1200 units.

[15] On 9 December 2015, the news agency Reuters reported that Rosatom stopped construction work at the power plant and that Turkey was assessing other potential candidates for the project.

[18] A source told RIA Novosti that the company set up to construct the nuclear plant continued its operations in Turkey.

[23] Around the same time, a core melt trap for unit 2 to contain a nuclear meltdown arrived at Akkuyu to be placed in the plant.

[30] In 2024, Turkish authorities announced the arrest of a Russian employee of the plant on suspicion of being a member of the Islamic State and living under false identity papers.

Electricity will be purchased at a price of 12.35 US cents per kW·h and the remaining power will be sold in the open market by the producer.

[38] Operator liability is limited to 700 million euros, and above that will be the responsibility of the Nuclear Damage Detection Commission.

[40] However, "load following mode generates more radioactive waste as a result of adjusting the coolant level and concentration of boric acid in the reactor".

[42] However, the president of the township's commercial counsel Alper Gürsoy also added that nuclear energy is necessary for Turkey's economy and that the construction of such a large plant may benefit the town economically.

[47] It has been suggested that the plant will affect Russia–Turkey relations by prolonging Turkey's dependence on Russian energy, beyond natural gas.

[41] When operating at full power about one million cubic meters of cooling water per hour will be used and returned to Akkuyu Bay.

[9] In case that or another event caused a meltdown there are core catchers, which are traps below the pressure vessels to catch and cool anything which falls out.

[58] In 2007 a bill concerning construction and operation of nuclear power plants and the sale of their electricity was passed by parliament.

[59] The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has recommended "enacting a law on nuclear energy which establishes an independent regulatory body and putting a national policy in place that covers a wide range of issues, as well as further developing the required human resources".