Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant
Personal memory by Sena Valbant
2022 CE • Mersín, Turkey
I remember the times we camped in the creek in Turkey, which has ice cold water called Hellcreek. We were swimming and jumping into the water from high places. Now the Akyyuyu nuclear power plant has almost finished all the water.
Memory submitted at One Life: Maya Lin, National Portrait Gallery, 2022
Image: Akkuyu Nükleer A.Ş. (VOA), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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