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Bechtel engineering very happy at prospect of selling nuclear technology to Saudi Arabia

US engineering giant sees ‘tremendous opportunity’ in Saudi nuclear energy plans https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/10/bechtel-executive-us-firms-should-be-involved-in-saudi-nuclear-plans.html  –Saheli Roy Choudhury

  • A senior executive at engineering giant Bechtel told CNBC on Thursday that U.S. businesses should be involved in Saudi Arabia’s civilian nuclear energy ambitions.
  • The presence of American firms would likely be welcomed by the Saudis and should also be welcomed by the U.S. government, according to Stuart Jones, regional president for Europe and Middle East at Bechtel.
  • Saudi Arabia has plans to construct 16 nuclear power reactors over the next 20 to 25 years, costing more than $80 billion.

May 11, 2018 - Posted by | business and costs, marketing, Saudi Arabia, USA

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  1. I hate to say this but, it is probably true. I think there will be another nuclear accident somewhere, in the next five years. Whether it is in belgium, ukraine, california, iran, korea, pakistan, on the east or gulf coast of the usa, in the old rotten fermi reactor, in the rotten flamanville reactor, in france, from another earthquake in stupidville japan, in russia. It is people have not learned from 75 years of nuclear accidents and catastrophes, even after the ongoing supermess of fukushima. If another bad meltdown occurs, the saudis, even as stupid as they are now, may not be so keen on 15 new reactors. Crazy radiation releases, seem to be getting worse across europe.

    Ken's avatar Comment by Ken | May 12, 2018 | Reply


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