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Türkiye establishes nuclear cooperation with Danish company on thorium
Türkiye signed a memorandum of understanding with TENMAK and Denmark-based Copenhagen Atomics to assess thorium in next-generation nuclear technologies. The cooperation covers the domestic production of thorium compounds and research and development on molten salt reactors.
Türkiye has launched cooperation with Denmark-based Copenhagen Atomics to advance its thorium resources into next-generation nuclear technologies. The memorandum of understanding, signed in the presence of Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Alparslan Bayraktar, covers work between TENMAK and the company.
Under the agreement, projects will be developed to produce thorium compounds domestically in Türkiye. The efforts will involve researchers, as well as domestic industry and technology stakeholders, with the aim of using thorium resources in high-value-added nuclear technologies.
Molten salt reactors at the heart of the cooperation
One of the priority areas of the memorandum will be establishing production infrastructure in Türkiye to enable the use of thorium in next-generation nuclear reactors and molten salt reactors. Research and development and project design activities will be carried out within this framework.
Through the domestic production of thorium compounds that meet nuclear fuel standards, Türkiye aims to become an effective supplier on the international stage.
Copenhagen Atomics is working on molten salt reactors, one of the fourth-generation reactor concepts that could enable thorium to be used in the nuclear fuel cycle. As part of the cooperation with TENMAK, the company will assess its modular molten salt reactor concept, which it calls “Onion Core,” in terms of Türkiye’s research infrastructure, human resources and industrial capabilities.
Bayraktar says thorium fuel has come to the fore
Speaking after the signing ceremony, Alparslan Bayraktar said that, alongside large-scale reactors, small modular reactors had also been developing rapidly in recent years. Bayraktar said many countries were working on these technologies and noted that different projects were continuing in parallel in Türkiye, with public institutions and investors carrying out joint work.
Bayraktar said the Ministry of Industry and Technology’s incentive program had increased interest in the technology sector, adding that which technologies would advance and become commercialized would become clear over the next few years.
Bayraktar said thorium fuel had come to the fore in Copenhagen Atomics’ small modular reactor technology, describing thorium, which is said to be found in large quantities in Türkiye, as an option that could reduce external dependence in the fuel sector. Bayraktar said he hoped the cooperation would eventually develop into a product that could be commercialized.
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