UAE Nuclear Powergen Soars, As Saudi Seeks US Partnership

...5MW Bushehr-1 reactor in 2011, a decade after work on the plant had resumed in 2001 after being halted by the 1979 revolution (MEES, 7 September 2012). Bushehr-1 generates around 6TWh annually – around 15% of the UAE total (see chart) – but while Iran was a regional pioneer, plans for Russia’s Rosatom to...