Jordan’s Energy Ministry has accepted final bids for the construction of its first nuclear reactor from Atomstroy Export, AECL and a consortium of Areva and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.
The Jordan Atomic Energy Commission said the plan is to construct a 1000 MW Generation III reactor by the end of the decade.
A ministerial committee will begin reviewing the bids in mid-July, and will announce the results in December.
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