Jordan has signed a $10bn deal with Russia to build the first nuclear power plant in the kingdom, a move that experts say is a sign that Russia is seeking a “nuclear sphere of influence”, and is a deal that NATO should be worried about.
The deal was signed in the Jordanian capital, Amman yesterday with Russia’s state-owned Rosatom company, which runs all of Russia’s nuclear assets, including its nuclear weaponry. The plant will have a total capacity of 2,000 megawatt and the construction of the first unit of the envisaged two-unit power plant at Amra in the north of …read more
Source: Newsweek
