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Thorium allows safe expansion of $41bn UAE nuclear energy market
October 21, 2009
The nuclear energy market is growing fastest in developing countries. Yet security threats from the proliferation of nuclear weapons might become an important barrier to the global expansion of civil nuclear energy. US thorium nuclear fuel technology - rather than uranium or plutonium MOX nuclear reactor fuels - may be the ideal solution for Arabic states. The market may be worth $41 billion in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) alone.