The UAE Gets Green Light to Operate the Arab World’s First Nuclear Power Plant -
"The project, which national officials describe as a strategic and economic imperative for the UAE, is more than a decade in the making and involved collaboration with external bodies including the UN’s International Atomic Energy Agency and the government of South Korea."
Why this is important: This is important for three reasons. First, it highlights the need for energy diversification. The UAE is not relying on its petroleum reserves despite being in the epicenter of OPEC....
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