Saudi Arabia / Russia Planning To Submit Bid For Kingdom’s First Nuclear Power Station

Riyadh also expecting offers from South Korea, France and China
Russia Planning To Submit Bid For Kingdom’s First Nuclear Power Station
Saudi Arabia has begun the process of choosing a vendor for the construction of a nuclear power station. Courtesy Wikipedia/B.Alotaby.
Russia’s state nuclear corporation Rosatom is planning to submit bid documents for a $14bn (€14.1bn) contract to build the first commercial nuclear power station in oil-rich Saudi Arabia.

In an interview with the Asharq News TV channel, Russia’s deputy prime minister Alexander Novak said Russia wanted to cooperate in the “use of nuclear technology for peaceful purposes” with Saudi Arabia.

He did not give an exact date for the submission of the bid.

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