ANKARA, Jan 19 (Bernama) — Turkey has been asked to join Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP), a U.S. government official said on Friday.
As part of U.S. President George W. Bush’s Advanced Energy Initiative, GNEP is the brainchild of cooperation of those States that share the common vision of the necessity of the expansion of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes worldwide in a safe and secure manner.
GNEP has 19 members including Australia, Poland, Italy, Canada, South Korea and Jordan. Turkey is on observer status in GNEP.
Quoting a U.S. government official, Anadolu News agency reported that Turkey, in September, 2007, was proposed to be a member of GNEP which aims to accelerate development and deployment of advanced fuel cycle technologies to encourage clean development and prosperity worldwide.