U-Turn
Many questions are being asked in
No U-Turn
While several countries are making a U-turn on their nuclear energy policies the United Arab Emirates continues to embark on its $20 billion plan to produce nuclear power by 2017 and it is currently in talks with its GCC neighbours about a shared Dh21.3 billion repository in which to store their nuclear waste.
Wrong Bus?
It’s fascinating to see the UAE catching the nuclear bus just at the time when some major industrialized nations are abandoning this mode and staking their future on the sustainable energy bus.
When more countries have abandoned their reactors, will the UAE leaders rue the decision at this time to go nuclear and declare that they have caught the wrong bus?
To what extent will the UAE’s commitment to nuclear power impede its innovation and development of sustainable energy sources?
Will the Masdar experiment become an interesting model for the world to witness or will its lessons be embraced throughout the Emirates?
Geoff Pound
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