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Jordan / Plans Taking Shape For Nuclear Desalination Plant To Provide Drinking Water From Red Sea

By David Dalton
5 October 2023

Small modular reactors could play role in serving four million residents of fast-growing capital Amman

Plans Taking Shape For Nuclear Desalination Plant To Provide Drinking Water From Red Sea
The plant would produce fresh water from the Red Sea for delivery to the four million residents of Amman. Courtesy Jordan Tourism Board.
Jordan is making strides towards the introduction of nuclear power to produce both electricity and drinking water with plans taking shape for a desalinisation plant that would produce fresh water from the Red Sea for the capital Amman, the International Atomic Energy Agency said.

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