U.S.-United Arab Emirates Memorandum of Understanding on Nuclear Energy Cooperation
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdulla bin Zayed Al-Nahyan signed a Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation in peaceful uses of nuclear energy on April 21, 2008 in Bahrain. The UAE's recently-announced policy on domestic nuclear energy, which notes that the UAE chose to forgo a costly domestic reprocessing and enrichment capability in favor of long-term arrangements for the assured supply of foreign-manufactured nuclear fuel, serves as a model for the economical and responsible pursuit of nuclear power. [more] |
