Sunday, November 6, 2011

12,300 tonnes of uranium in Jordan

French nuclear giant Areva has discovered 12,300 tonnes of uranium in central Jordan, state-run media said on Tuesday, as the parched kingdom tries to develop nuclear energy to meet its growing needs. "Reserves of 12,300 tonnes of uranium have been in found in central Jordan," the Petra news agency quoted the French company as saying in a statement published Tuesday.

With desert covering 92 percent of its territory, Jordan, one of the world's 10 driest countries, wants to use atomic energy to fire desalination plants in a bid to overcome its dire water shortages
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