AMMAN: Jordan and Russia have signed an agreement to build two reactors of 2,000 megawatts at a total cost of $10 billion . The agreement represents the legal and political framework between the governments of the two countries.
Jordan Atomic Energy Commission Chairman Khaled Toukan and head of Russia’s state-run corporation Rosatom, Sergei Kiriyenko, signed the agreement on behalf of the Jordanian and Russian governments.In October 2013, Jordan contracted Russia’s Rosatom to build the country’s first two nuclear reactors that are expected to be operational by 2022.
Under the agreement, Jordan will have the option of returning nuclear fuel waste to Russia; said Toukan at a meeting with reporters last week, adding that the age of the reactor is 60 years.
