Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIII

No 51

20-Dec-2010

Jordan

Jordan Changes Location For Proposed Nuclear Facility, Plans Tender

Jordan has changed the location for its first proposed commercial nuclear reactor after previously announcing plans to build the facility close to the port of 'Aqaba. Speaking at a seminar on 14 December, the Chairman of the Jordan Atomic Energy Commission (JAEC) Khalid Tuqan said that the plant will now be constructed 40km northwest of 'Amman in the town of...