AMMAN: The Jordan Atomic Energy Commission (JAEC) on Sunday signed a $12 million agreement with Belgium’s Tractebel Engineering (GDF-SUEZ) for conducting the necessary field and survey studies related to the recently chosen site of the country’s first nuclear energy plant, an official statement said.
The deal for the 24-month study was signed by the JAEC Khalid Toukan and Tractebel’s CEO Georges Cornet, it added.
Under the agreement, the Belgian firm pledged to extend two reports to the JAEC about its assessment of the environmental and safety aspects of the project, Toukan said.
The Belgian company won the contract in competition with six other international firms, he added. “The commission is exercising extra effort and transparency in adopting best practices to decide the safest and most secure location” Toukan said. Cornet said that his firm would employ “its extensive experience and vast international resources to locate the best site possible” for the proposed nuclear plant.
The site for Jordan’s first nuclear plant was chosen by the JAEC and a national technical committee some 25 km south of the Red Sea port of Aqaba and 12 km to the east of the coastline.
Over the past year, Jordan signed nuclear cooperation agreements with the world’s major nuclear powers in a bid to obtain the necessary know-how for running a nuclear plant for peaceful purposes
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