Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIII

No 31

2-Aug-2010

JORDAN

Jordan And South Korea Sign $70mn Deal For Nuclear Research Reactor

Jordan will begin construction work on its first nuclear research reactor this week, after the kingdom signed a $70mn soft loan agreement with South Korea to help finance its development, Jordans Ministry of Planning said on 26 July. A Korean consortium comprising Daewoo Engineering and Construction and the Korean Atomic Energy Research Institute was awarded in March a...