The government of Saudi Arabia has announced a new section of its capital Riyadh is set to be powered solely by
nuclear energy. This will be the
first nuclear power plant in the Gulf states, and the first in the broader Middle East. If the U.S. government backs Saudi Arabia's bid to build a reactor, they'll be creating the potential for nuclear growth within the
GCC, or Gulf Cooperation Council, whose members include Saudi Arabia,
Qatar,
Kuwait,
Bahrain, the
UAE, and
Oman.
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