UAE nuclear agreement : a model for Southeast Asia?

• Main Author: Chew, Alvin
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Commentary
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Economic development::Southeast Asia
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/90730; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/6591
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The United Arab Emirates has concluded a US$20 billion deal with a Korean company for the construction of four 1400 MW nuclear reactors to be operational by 2017. The deal is seen as an industrial benchmark for others to follow with mechanisms that promotes non-proliferation.