Saudi Arabia: Civil nuclear ambitions


Issue 977 - 19 Sep 2014 | 2 minute read

Saudi Arabia retains civil nuclear ambitions, despite Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in 2011 and the debate over Iran’s atomic development. According to King Abdullah City for Atomic and Renewable Energy (K.A. Care)’s 2013 white paper (see main story), its strategy to provide 51GW of alternative energy includes the installation of 18GW of nuclear power as a long-term alternative to oil, with the kingdom’s first three nuclear power reactors scheduled to come on line in 2021, 2022 and 2023. Riyadh’s continued interest in exploring a nuclear option is said by some analysts to be a driver of its recent rapprochement with Russia.

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