Zivile und militärische Projekte im Bereich der Atomtechnik

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Dieser Thread behandelt das Thema des zivilen Atomprogramms der Türkei bzw. den Ausbau der Kernenergie im Land. In der Türkei sind auch Projekte am laufen die die Entwicklung von MSR(Molten Salt Reactor) Reaktoren vorsehen und es ist bereits offiziell bekannt gegeben das die Türkei im Rahmen des NÜKDEN Projekt, das den MILDEN Projekt folgt die Entwicklung von Nuklear betriebenen U-Booten zum Ziel hat. Neben dem Aspekt der zivilen Nutzung und als Antriebstechnologie für U-Boote oder Flugzeugträger, kann hier die Frage diskutiert werden über eine mögliche atomare Bewaffnung im Zuge sicherheitspolitischer Veränderungen.


Passend dazu die Meldung das Baykar kleine Modulare Reaktortypen entwickeln will.

Baykar Develops a Small Modular Reactor Prototype
04 Dec 2025, 20:39 3 mins
Turkiye
Investment
Baykar Develops a Small Modular Reactor Prototype TurDef
Turkish Minister of Energy Alparslan Bayraktar stated that Baykar is working on a Small Modular Reactor (SMR), taking its first steps into nuclear energy.

Middle East Eye reported that the Turkish Ministry of Energy is making both investments and working on new regulations to give a push to nuclear power developments in Turkiye.

Speaking on the matter, Minister Alparslan Bayraktar stated that Baykar is working on a SMR prototype to produce 40 MW of power.

As a simple comparison, 40 MW is slightly above the output of the latest variants of the LM2500 gas turbine widely used for high volumes of power generation. However, the main advantage of a SMR, stands as the endurance, which easily spans years in a considerably smaller package compared to conventional reactors.

In the long-term plans, Turkiye plans to produce 10-15% of the total energy output from nuclear reactors, with 5000 MW to be produced by SMRs.

SMRs, thanks to their compactness and connectability, present many opportunities in both civilian and military industries. For the civilian part, cities or industrial zones can be powered consistently by a cluster, while single SMR units present opportunities for naval platforms.

https://turdef.com/article/baykar-develo...-prototype

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TMRS Energy enters nuclear field with rare elements focus
13 Dec 2025, 00:07 3 mins
Turkiye
Analysis Navy / Maritime Engine and Transmission
TMRS Energy enters nuclear field with rare elements focus TurDef
TMRS Enerji Teknolojileri Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş., whose establishment was announced in the Türkiye Trade Registry Gazette on 8 January 2025, lists Selçuk Bayraktar as its founder. Bayraktar is widely known as the Chairman of the Board of Baykar, a company with extensive involvement in defence, aerospace and advanced technology programmes including space.

According to the official Trade Registry records, TMRS Enerji’s registered scope of activities covers nuclear energy technologies, including reactor-related systems, fuel technologies and associated engineering fields. The registry also includes the processing, refining and utilisation of rare and strategically significant elements such as uranium, thorium, niobium, zirconium and hafnium.

The inclusion of such materials in a company’s registered activity scope is a standard legal requirement under Turkish law for entities that may seek future licences related to strategic minerals, nuclear technologies or associated industrial processes. As such, the presence of these elements in the registry does not, by itself, indicate an active project or programme.

However, TurDef notes that beyond their legal function, the specific selection and combination of certain elements can still provide indirect insight into a company’s potential technological orientation when assessed against established technical literature and international practice. In this context, two materials in particular — hafnium and niobium — merit closer examination.

https://turdef.com/article/tmrs-energy-e...ents-focus