Russia expects that within two years it will receive a contract to construct Jordan first nuclear power plant following the signing of a project development agreement. The agreement was signed in Vienna on 22 September by Jordan Atomic Energy Commission -JAEC- chairman Khalid Toukan and the CEO of Rusatom Overseas - A Rosatom subsidiary concerned with exports of nuclear power plants - Dzhomart Aliev. It sets the obligations of the parties for the first stage of the construction of a two-unit nuclear power plant in THE Jordan Zarqa province with a total capacity of 2000 MWe.
The project phase that has now started will result in a contract for nuclear power plant construction that is planned to be signed in 1.5-2 years, according to Rusatom Overseas.
Toukan said that the agreement provides for design of the water-cooling system, feasibility study, oversight of the site evaluation process and an environmental impact assessment. These activities have to be completed in the period of 24 up to 30 months and they are fully paid for by the Jordanian government. He noted that Rusatom Overseas can participate in other studies as well, but these four activities can be carried out by Russian specialists only, because they possess the technology.
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