Turkey Signs Agreement With Canada To Explore Deployment Of Candu Reactors

Ankara expects massive deployment of nuclear power by 2050

Turkey Signs Agreement With Canada To Explore Deployment Of Candu Reactors
Canadian minister of energy and natural resources Tim Hodgson and Turkey's minister of energy Alparslan Bayraktar meeting in Toronto, March 2026. Image courtesy Turkey Energy Ministry.

Turkey has signed an agreement with Canada to explore the potential deployment of the Candu reactor technology in the country.

A memorandum of understanding was signed in Toronto between the Turkish Nuclear Energy Corporation (Tunas) and Canadian-based nuclear energy company AtkinsRealis in the presence of Turkey’s minister of energy and natural resources, Alparslan Bayraktar, and his Canadian counterpart, Tim Hodgson.

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