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Escalating Tensions Raise Oil Prices
Escalating tensions over Iran’s threat to block the Strait of Hormuz have contributed to a several dollar rise in the price of oil over the past two weeks, portending an even higher oil price security risk premium that could emerge – were Iran to become a nuclear power. [read more]
Reactors rising globally outside of Asia
New builds advance in UAE, Brazil, and Switzerland In December it became abundantly clear that the nuclear renaissance does exist outside of Asia. Progress was reported in the Middle East, South America, and Europe. There was even some movement of sorts in the U.S. The UAE and Brazil have in common the need for electricity to power... [read more]
UAE picks site to build four reactors
Transmission distance to the country’s oil industry and the Saudi border were key factors A remote beach at Braka in Abu Dhabi on the Persian gulf about 50 km (31 miles) from the center of Abu Dhabi’s oil industry at Rawis will be home to four new nuclear reactors to be built by a South Korean consortium. The site is also just 160 km... [read more]
Advertisement Explaining Why the UAE Has Embarked on a Nuclear Energy Development Program (english subtitles)
I subscribe to the Nuclear Energy Institute YouTube channel. This evening, the above video describing the UAE decision to pursue nuclear energy development was posted. It explains why a nation with a relatively large inventory of oil and gas is interested in spending time and money now to develop a long term commitment to nuclear... [read more]
Could Saudi-UAE Naval Battle Put a Crimp on Persian Gulf Oil?
Twenty percent of the world's oil moves through the Persian Gulf. Did a United Arab Emirates ship fire on a Saudi patrol boat in the Persian Gulf? How volatile is the world’s most important oil waterway? Last week a brief naval encounter between vessels from the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia have raised concerns over security... [read more]
Open, Direct Competition Between Natural Gas and Nuclear Energy In UAE
The UAE is one of the world's most richly endowed oil and gas producers, but it has recently signed a contract with a consortium of South Korean manufacturers to build 4 large (1400 MWe) nuclear power plants to supply the electricity baseload in the country. This decision is completely rational. The UAE has a growing, energy intensive... [read more]
Blix to head UAE nuclear board
Former UN weapons inspector has new role with civilian nuclear agency The United Arab Emirates (UAE) announced it hired Hans Blix (right) to head up a nine-member board of nuclear energy experts to monitor the nation’s development of a massive civilian nuclear energy program. In December the UAE awarded a $20 billion contract for... [read more]
Masdar missteps, but still matters
Cleantech Group's Dallas Kachan, in the Gulf for the World Future Energy Summit, finds turbulence in Abu Dhabi's cleantech ascendancy, but reason for optimism. Consider, for a moment, the United Arab Emirates as microcosm and metaphor for the human condition. The story goes like this: Early settlers eking out a hardscrabble existence... [read more]
AEHI will compress space/time for reactor projects
Faster than light travel claimed for Idaho nuclear new build Alternative Energy Holdings Inc. (PK:AEHI) wasted little time issuing a press release in an effort to ride the coat tails of the $20 billion award by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to a consortium of South Korean, Japanese, and American firms. The Idaho company claims that it... [read more]
The Atomic Show Podcast #146
Want to know how South Korea won the $20 billion UAE nuclear energy contract? Tune in here Details Below. The Atomic Show #146 - South Korea Nuclear Technology Development The United Arab Emirates has recently selected a consortium that includes Korea Electric Power Corp., Westinghouse Electric, Hyundai Engineering and Construction,... [read more]
Nuclear energy investment power curves up
Worldwide utilities are adding to existing plants or planning new ones U.K. investments in new reactors A consortium composed of Spanish utility Iberdrola, GDF-Suez, and Scottish & Southern has purchased a 500 acre site for $114 million at the Sellafield nuclear site according to the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority which sold... [read more]
Open road for US-UAE nuclear agreement
Landmark nuclear deal clears congressional review The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has an open road to implement its nuclear energy agreement with the U.S. Reuters reports that the U.S. Congress, as predicted, took no negative action in response to its review of the pact. The deadline for a measure passed quietly late last week.... [read more]
UAE creates nuclear regulatory agency
Government action is a necessary precursor to award of $40 billion in nuclear reactor construction The Wall Street Journal reports an independent nuclear regulatory body has been set up in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) under a new law that paves the way for up to $40 billion in new nuclear reactor construction. The UAE's cabinet... [read more]
UAE nuclear deal waits for US 123 agreement
First you see them now you don't This blog post also appeared in an edited version in Fuel Cycle Week , V8N343, September 10, 2009, published by International Nuclear Associates, Washington, DC Reuters wire service found itself in a double boomerange effect in its coverage of nuclear energy issues this week when it comes to the... [read more]
US / UAE deal now up for approval
Support in Congress is off to a strong startThe US and the United Arab Emirates have a deal pending before Congress that would allow transfer of civilian nuclear energy technologies and fuel to the that country. In return, the UAE would agree not to develop uranium enrichment or fuel reprocessing capabilities. The deal is a... [read more]
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