Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yildiz is expected to visit Russia in December for talks on nuclear power plant construction in Turkey, Turkish media reported on Tuesday.

"If no changes are made in the agenda, we are planning to visit Russia in December," the minister said while on a visit to Tripoli, the capital of Libya.

Last week, Turkey's Electricity Trade Corp (TETAS) canceled a tender for the construction of its first nuclear power plant. Turkey plans to announce a new tender for three nuclear power plants in 2010.

Russia's Atomstroyexport, power producer Inter RAO UES, and Turkey's Park Teknik had sought to build four nuclear reactors with a capacity of 1,200 MW each in Turkey.

Turkey was reportedly unhappy with the high generation price offered by Atomstroyexport, which initially offered a rate of $0.21 per kW/hr generation, but then adjusted it downward to $0.153.

Turkey relies on natural gas and oil imports to meet almost 67% of its energy needs, a figure that is expected to rise to 75% by 2020.

ANKARA, November 24 (RIA Novosti)