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Say NO to a Turkish Fukushima by MAN (reproduction in full allowed) The earthquake and tsunami in Japan proved how dangerous nuclear plants at sea are. Turkey has long been objecting to Armenian inland nuclear plant that is far from the sea, but when Japanese go ahead in Turkey with construction of a nuclear plant at Sinop into the Black Sea, Turkey would run the risk of making the Black Sea a death sea like it happened in Japan in Fukushima. The second Turkish nuclear plant will be located on a narrow peninsula jotting out into the Black Sea. The dangers are many, an earthquake that could damage or sink the plant (earthquakes have happened in that area before); a flood from the sea destroying the plant; a meteor falling at the Black Sea or an earthquake at sea will send a tsunami over the plant destroying it --exactly like it happened with the tsunami at Fukushima. All the countries bordering the Black Sea should stop Turkey's risky second energy adventure on a narrow land jotting into the Black Sea or they would be in danger zone and will to have to eat seafood seasoned with plutonium someday that causes death and cancer from the spill over radiation. An agreement has been concluded between Turkey and Japan, with the Japanese company Mitsubishi in a consortium with the French GDF Suez for the construction of the second plant at Sinop with four units, but the Japanese company will be the operator of the project; the construction at a peninsula on the Black Sea at the small city of Sinop would cost $22 billion and the plant will be transferred to Turkish management & operation in the future. The first agreement, On construction of NPP in Turkey, was ratified with Russia. It is to be built in Akkuyu (Mersin Province), a location within Buyukeceli located on the southern slopes of Toros Mountains at 36°11′N 33°33′E. It is near to Mediterranean coast (3 kilometers). Its construction will begin in 2014, with the four units and will be put into service in 2019–22.