Jordan urged to drop nuke plans after Japan crisis
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AMMAN — Following the nuclear disaster in Japan, experts in Jordan want their energy-poor country to drop its ambitious plans to generate atomic power, despite reassurances by the kingdom’s nuclear regulator.
“The project lacks environmental assessment and feasibility studies,” environment ministry adviser Rauf Dabbas told AFP.
“We do not know its actual cost. We do not know what precautions should be taken to prevent a nuclear catastrophe in the country.”
Jordan, which imports about 95 percent of its energy needs, has signed nuclear cooperation agreements with several countries, including Japan, in a bid to produce atomic energy for power generation and water desalination..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
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