UAE picks South Korea as its nuclear partner

South Korean says the contract contains provisions that lower risk to the project and allow the UAE to model its nuclear industry on that developed by South Korea. Faced with limited resources and rapidly  fast growing demand for energy, South Korea imported Westinghouse System-80 pressurized water reactors in the late 1970s. The contract included terms that allowed Kepco to develop its own versions of the PWR - such as APR1400. Now, South Korea has a full nuclear design, manufacture and construction capability backed up by extensive skill resources. South Korea anticipates that nuclear power will  provide 55% of South Korean electricity by 2020.

And with the full design, manufacture, and construction capability, South Korea is on its way to becoming a full global nuclear power house capable of competing with the best that the US nuclear industry has to offer. And its not just expanding its business in the UAE. They are gearing up for big business across the Middle East. Turkey is next.

South Korea eyes nuclear deal with TurkeyKorea Electric Power is in discussions with Turkey for the construction of as many as four nuclear reactors, an official said -More-

Query: Is the US also losing this technological industrial power edge?