Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom is “ready” to take part in Saudi Arabia’s project to build 16 nuclear reactor units by 2030, Russian presidential adviser Yuri Ushakov said on 30 August. Russia and Saudi Arabia signed an intergovernmental agreement on cooperation in civilian nuclear energy in 2015. Saudi Arabia has plans to build 17GWe of nuclear capacity by 2040 and has also been in discussions or signed nuclear cooperation agreements with the US, the UK, France, China, Argentina and the Czech Republic. Ushakov was speaking ahead of a summit meeting in China during which Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to meet Saudi Arabian deputy crown prince Mohammed bin Salman.

• China
• Rosatom
• Russia
• United Kingdom
• France
• United States
• Uranium
• Saudi Arabia

Source: NEI Magazine

Date: Friday, 02 September 2016

Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsrussia-and-china-look-to-saudi-nuclear-market-4996034

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