ISTANBUL Commissioning has begun at the first power unit of the Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant (NPP), Türkiye ’s inaugural nuclear facility, marking one of the final stages before full operation, the project’s Russian partner said Tuesday. Anton Dedusenko, chairman of the board of Akkuyu Nuclear JSC and general director of Rusatom Energy International, told RIA Novosti on the sidelines of the Nuclear Power Plant Expo and Summit (NPPES) in Istanbul that “all the unit’s systems are undergoing a set