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UAE exploring potential for second nuclear power facility
Any contract for a new nuclear plant would be worth tens of billions of dollars and could attract bids from China, Russia and the U.S., Reuters says
The Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant’s Unit 4 facility. (Photo: Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation)
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Amid efforts by all the Gulf states to wean their economies off dependence on oil and develop alternative fuels, the UAE is pushing to get more of its power from nuclear energy.
Four months after the UAE’s Barakah nuclear...