据一份新闻稿，土耳其核能公司（TUNAS）与加拿大AtkinsRealis签署协议，评估CANDU反应堆技术，用于土耳其潜在的新核电站。
Türkiye Nuclear Energy Company (TUNAS) signed an agreement with Canada's AtkinsRealis to assess CANDU reactor technology for a potential new nuclear power plant in Türkiye, according to a press release.
该协议通过AtkinsRealis子公司Candu Energy Inc.签署，涵盖可行性研究和前端工程设计研究，以支持潜在的投资决策。
The agreement, signed through AtkinsRealis subsidiary Candu Energy Inc., covers feasibility and front-end engineering design studies to support potential investment decisions.
协议在安塔利亚举行的联合国气候大会COP31期间签署，土耳其能源和自然资源部长阿尔帕尔斯兰·巴伊拉克塔尔和加拿大环境、气候变化与自然部长朱莉·达布鲁辛出席。
It was signed during the UN climate conference COP31 in Antalya, attended by Turkish Energy and Natural Resources Minister Alparslan Bayraktar and Canadian Environment, Climate Change and Nature Minister Julie Dabrusin.
TUNAS总经理内贾蒂·亚马奇和AtkinsRealis核能部门总裁乔·圣朱利安签署了协议，AtkinsRealis总裁兼首席执行官伊恩·L·爱德华兹见证。
TUNAS General Manager Necati Yamac and AtkinsRealis Nuclear President Joe St. Julian signed the agreement, witnessed by AtkinsRealis President and CEO Ian L. Edwards.
研究将考察选址、反应堆技术适应、电厂运营、融资和经济可行性。
The studies will examine site selection, adaptation of reactor technology, plant operations, financing and economic viability.
还将涵盖土耳其产业参与、劳动力发展、本地化计划、实施进度表、成本估算和风险评估。
They will also cover Turkish industry participation, workforce development, localization plans, implementation schedules, cost estimates and risk assessments.
巴伊拉克塔尔表示，国内产业参与和培养合格人员是核心优先事项。
Bayraktar said domestic industry involvement and developing qualified personnel were central priorities.
他说：“这一过程涵盖可行性研究和前端工程设计，将通过确保项目的技术和商业成熟度，为我们的最终投资决策提供极其可靠的基础。”
“This process, encompassing feasibility and front-end engineering design, will provide an extremely reliable basis for our final investment decisions by ensuring the project's technical and commercial maturity,” he said.
他补充说，该协议将明确土耳其的长期核能路线图，并加强能源供应安全。
He added that the agreement would clarify Türkiye's long-term nuclear energy roadmap and strengthen energy supply security.
这项协议建立在巴伊拉克塔尔3月访问加拿大期间签署的核能合作备忘录基础上，初步可行性工作接近完成。
The deal builds on a nuclear cooperation memorandum signed during Bayraktar's visit to Canada in March, with preliminary feasibility work nearing completion.
巴伊拉克塔尔还在加拿大总理马克·卡尼10月22日访问安卡拉期间，与加拿大能源和自然资源部长蒂姆·霍奇森讨论了CANDU技术。
Bayraktar also discussed CANDU technology with Canadian Energy and Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson during Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney's Oct. 22 visit to Ankara.