Project Management Update from Jordan

The Jordanian Nuclear Energy Program

Several news sources - Jordan has been working recently to explore options for using nuclear energy as an alternative to long-term electric power generation and water desalination, and is working to ensure security of energy supplies and protect the economy from the vagaries in oil and gas markets.

In 2007, Jordan has imported more than 96% of its energy at a cost of $ 3.2 billion. This is a huge figure for a country with limited resources such as Jordan.

The rising demand for electricity has lifted the value of oil imports, where electricity demands rose in 2008 to 2100 MW, while experts predict a rise to 4743 MW in 2020.
 
On the other hand, the need to provide new resources of water is increasing in a country being one of the five poorest countries of water, through water desalination projects that require large amounts of energy. A nuclear energy program has been initiated to establish a nuclear power plant.

Addition to generating electric power and water desalination, nuclear energy program will bring several benefits to Jordan’s economy such as using available Uranium resources and creating new job opportunities.

Jordan’s nuclear program consists of two projects. The first one is establishing a nuclear power plant to generate electric power and water desalination…

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