{"id":2376,"date":"2017-12-22T19:48:49","date_gmt":"2017-12-22T20:48:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madaresharghi.com\/s-arabia-eyes-us-nuclear-energy-talks-in-weeks\/"},"modified":"2017-12-22T19:48:49","modified_gmt":"2017-12-22T20:48:49","slug":"s-arabia-eyes-us-nuclear-energy-talks-in-weeks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madaresharghi.ir\/en\/s-arabia-eyes-us-nuclear-energy-talks-in-weeks\/","title":{"rendered":"S. Arabia Eyes US Nuclear Energy Talks in Weeks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/madaresharghi..com\">madaresharghi<\/a><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p> \tSaudi Arabia will initiate talks with the US administration within a few weeks about the participation of US nuclear energy companies in the kingdom\u2019s first civilian nuclear energy project.<br \/> \tThat is what Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih said in an interview with Reuters, adding that reaching an agreement with the US will allow American companies to bid in a tender by 2018 for the construction of two nuclear reactors, Oil Price reported.<br \/> \tThe nuclear project, initially announced this September, is an attempt by the kingdom to diversify away from crude oil as a fuel for energy generation, which would allow it to export more of the commodity.<br \/> \tAt the time, media reported that the tender for the construction of the first Saudi nuclear power plant would be announced in October, with potential bidders including NPP builders from South Korea, France, and China.<br \/> \tIf US nuclear power companies are to take part in a tender for a reactor construction, then the Kingdom would need to sign a peaceful nuclear cooperation agreement with Washington.<br \/> \tThe purpose of the agreement, dubbed 123, is to ensure that Washington\u2019s partner, in this case Saudi Arabia, will not try to use uranium for the development of nuclear weapons.<br \/> \tUntil now, Saudi Arabia has refused to sign agreements that would prevent it from enriching uranium for military purposes.<br \/> \tIt will focus on peaceful applications of nuclear power, tapping its own uranium resources to produce nuclear fuel.<br \/> \t\u201cWe have large resources of uranium that we are exploring and we are extremely encouraged. We are going to harvest our resources, we are going to localize and we are going to develop the technology just as we have done with oil and gas,&#8221; Falih said.<br \/> \tRiyadh plans to build some 17.6 GW of nuclear power capacity by 2032, which equals around 16 reactors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>madaresharghi Saudi Arabia will initiate talks with the US administration within a few weeks about the participation of US nuclear energy companies in the kingdom\u2019s first civilian nuclear energy project. 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