Turkish Envoy Visits Niger to Secure Uranium Supplies
- Ankara wants the mineral to fuel future nuclear-power plants
- Turkey already has Russian deal for plants, enriched uranium
Turkey wants uranium its first nuclear power plant, which is being built by Russia’s state-run Rosatom.
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Turkey’s foreign, defense and energy ministers visited Niger on Wednesday to secure access to the West African nation’s rich uranium deposits.
The delegation, which is led by Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and includes top spy chief Ibrahim Kalin, wants to tap Nigerien supplies of the fissile mineral to fuel Turkey’s nascent nuclear-power industry, according to people familiar with the matter who asked not to be identified as they’re not authorized to speak to the media.