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Friday, June 18, 2010

Kingdom may enrich uranium for nuclear plants

Saudi Arabia wants to avoid nuclear outsourcing
Kingdom may enrich uranium for nuclear plants

Saudi Arabia will seek to be involved in all the aspects of nuclear-power generation for civilian use, according to David Cox, an executive of Poyry, the management consultancy contracted to draft the kingdom's nuclear strategy. Uranium mining and enrichment may take place in Saudi Arabia, "but outsourcing will happen initially," Cox said. Arab News (Saudi Arabia)/Reuters

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