UAE Launches First Nuclear Power Plant In The Arab World Kickstarting A Gulf Nuclear Race

The United Arab Emirates (UAE), has launched the first nuclear power plant in the Arab world kickstarting a nuclear power race in the Gulf States. The Arab Gulf rulers fear that Washington is not a reliable long-term guardian. Generating their own nuclear power may offer an alternative path to retaining a US strategic interest in securing their regimes.

UAE Launches First Nuclear Power Plant In The Arab World Kickstarting A Gulf Nuclear Race

On Saturday, the Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) successfully started up on Unit 1 of the Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant in Abu Dhabi.

The project brings-up issues related to the economic viability of an expensive nuclear power plant.

As a central point of discussion, the project questions the geopolitical importance of a nuclear facility in the restive Middle East region. Here, the tensions heightened after the assassination of Iranian General Qassem Sol...

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