Nuclear Energy

The lucrative deal is the second chance for South Korea to tap into the Middle East market following a US$20 billion contract with the UAE in 2009.

Qatar took part in the third international symposium to discuss ways to strengthen international efforts to reduce highly enriched uranium in the civilian nuclear sector around the world.

Kim Jong Un pledged at a historic summit on Tuesday to move towards complete denuclearisation.

The IAEA is monitoring Iran'.s nuclear programme under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).

The idea was revived in the late 2010s with the rise of demand for power for offshore oil and gas drilling and the creation of safer reactor technologies.

On May 8. US President Donald Trump announced that his country would exit the 2015 nuclear deal.

European leaders. who aggressively lobbied Mr. Trump not to leave the agreement. are set to visit Russia soon to discuss a way forward.

US President Donald Trump earlier this week announced that the United States would withdraw from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).

Saudi Arabia has received requests for information from five countries — South Korea. China. US. France and Russia — to build two nuclear reactors.

China. a permanent member of the U.N. Security Council. is one of the architects of the agreement.