DUBAI - The United Arab Emirates became the first Arab country to open a nuclear power plant Saturday , raising concerns about the long-term consequences of introducing more nuclear programmes to the Middle East.
It said that once its four units were all running, the South Korean-designed plant would provide a quarter of the country's electricity. Other Arab countries, including Saudi Arabia, are also starting or planning nuclear energy programmes. "The UAE's investment in these four nuclear reactors risks further destabilizing the volatile Gulf region, damaging the environment and raising the possibility of nuclear proliferation," Dr Paul Dorfman, a researcher at University College London's Energy Institute, wrote in an op-ed in March.
Offering evidence that its intentions are peaceful, it points to its collaborations with the International Atomic Energy Agency, which has reviewed the Barakah project, and the United States, with which it signed a nuclear energy cooperation agreement in 2009 that allows it to receive nuclear materials and technical assistance from the United States while barring it from uranium enrichment and other possible bomb-development activities.
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