Jordan wants to build the first nuclear power plant in the country

By 2015, Jordan intends to build its first nuclear power plant. This was written a few days ago by the Israeli newspaper Ha'aretz , referring to the Minister of Energy of the country Haled Sharid. On Friday, indirect confirmation of this news came. AR reports that the king of Jordan Abdullah II with his decree on April 15 appointed an extraordinary meeting of the parliament. It must adopt a bill on the national atomic program.

According to reports from Jordan, employees of the Ministry of Energy are now working on the project schedule. It is expected that the country will use nuclear energy for various purposes, first of all, to obtain electricity and desalination of water.

According to press reports, Khaled Sharid has a doctoral degree in the field of nuclear physics, which he studied in one of the Dutch universities. Now this subject will be actively introduced into the program of Jordanian universities: for the operation of nuclear facilities, local specialists need to be prepared.

In April, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) should come to Jordan. He will discuss the issues of cooperation between the Magate and the kingdom. The fact is that Jordan is a member of the agreement on non -proliferation of nuclear weapons, according to which the Magate controls peaceful nuclear projects so that they do not turn into the military.

Hamza, the brother of the Jordanian monarch, should become the head of the Committee on Energy. By the way, the Jordanian desert, according to geologists, contains 2% of the world's reserves of uranium.

The Minister of Khaled Sharid also noted that Jordan begins to implement projects to create power plants operating on the energy of the sun and wind.

Earlier, Egypt said about his intentions to reanimate the atomic program. Saudi Arabia, Syria and the UAE are thinking about building nuclear power plants.