US media reported today: "Turkey and the US have signed a nuclear agreement. Details remain undisclosed, but it is believed that the agreement will focus on advanced small modular reactors (SMR) for future fission power projects between the two countries. As the framework is finalized, more details are expected."
For Turkey, the compact size and flexible deployment of SMRs can quickly fill energy gaps, and they can also open up new paths outside of the Russian-designed Akkuyu nuclear power plant, alleviating the pressure of potential U.S. congressional sanctions against the Russian nuclear energy company Rosatom; for the United States, this is not only another step in leveraging SMR technology to capture the emerging nuclear energy market and implement the "nuclear renaissance" strategy, but also a geopolitical move to counterbalance Russia's influence in Turkey's energy sector through technological cooperation, attempting to decouple Turkey from Russian nuclear energy.
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