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Senior manager at Akkuyu nuclear project resigns, says Turkey shouldn't work with Russian company
Senior manager at Akkuyu nuclear project resigns, says Turkey shouldn't work with Russian company
MERSİN – Doğan News Agency
A senior manager at Turkey’s first nuclear power plant ... Faruk Uzel, who worked as the Public Diplomacy and Government Relations Manager for the Akkuyu Nuclear Joint Stock Company for four years, resigned from the company, saying the project should not proceed with Russian state-owned Rosatom, as they were unprofessional.
“This project needs to be done but not with these people,” said Uzel to a group of journalists at a press conference he organized at the Association of Journalists’ Mersin branch on Sept. 3.
“They [the state] should give up this project which is amateur, novice and full of technical faults. They should conduct it with more professional partners,” Uzel added.
Speaking at the conference, Uzel asked how a company, which could not isolate underground water from an information center built one-meter below ground level, could build a nuclear power plant 12-meters below ground level and near the sea....
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/senior-manager-at-akkuyu-nuclear-project-resigns-says-turkey-shouldnt-work-with-russian-company-.aspx?PageID=238&NID=87976&NewsCatID=348MERSİN – Doğan News Agency
A senior manager at Turkey’s first nuclear power plant ... Faruk Uzel, who worked as the Public Diplomacy and Government Relations Manager for the Akkuyu Nuclear Joint Stock Company for four years, resigned from the company, saying the project should not proceed with Russian state-owned Rosatom, as they were unprofessional.
“This project needs to be done but not with these people,” said Uzel to a group of journalists at a press conference he organized at the Association of Journalists’ Mersin branch on Sept. 3.
“They [the state] should give up this project which is amateur, novice and full of technical faults. They should conduct it with more professional partners,” Uzel added.
Speaking at the conference, Uzel asked how a company, which could not isolate underground water from an information center built one-meter below ground level, could build a nuclear power plant 12-meters below ground level and near the sea....
