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Kingdom, China ink nuclear cooperation pact



By GHAZANFAR ALI KHAN I ARAB NEWS
Published: Jan 16, 2012 00:42 Updated: Jan 17, 2012 17:55


RIYADH: Saudi Arabia signed an agreement with China in Riyadh Sunday for cooperation in the development and use of atomic energy for peaceful purposes, which will help to meet the Kingdom's rising demand for energy and cut its growing dependence on depleting resources.

The signing ceremony was witnessed by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah and Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao together with a large number of high-ranking Saudi and Chinese officials.

“The nuclear energy cooperation agreement seeks to establish a legal framework that strengthens scientific, technological and economic cooperation between Riyadh and Beijing, while the two sides reaffirm their desire to place the highest priority on nuclear safety and environmental protection,” said an official source. On behalf of the Kingdom, Hashim Abdullah Yamani, president of King Abdullah City of Atomic and Renewable Energy, signed the nuclear agreement.

Zhang Ping, chairman of the National Development and Reform Commission of China, signed on behalf of Beijing.

Another agreement to boost cooperation in the field of academics and library affairs was signed by the Riyadh-based King Abdulaziz Public Library (KAPL) and Beijing University. The agreement will broaden the scope of cooperation between the two premier institutions and allow KAPL to open its branch in the Chinese capital.

Talks between King Abdullah and Wen as well as the two signing ceremonies were attended by a large number of Saudi and Chinese officials including Crown Prince Naif, minister of interior; Prince Salman, minister of defense; Prince Muqrin, chief of General Intelligence; Prince Saud Al-Faisal, foreign minister; Prince Miteb bin Abdullah, minister of state and president of the National Guard; Prince Abdulaziz bin Abdullah, deputy minister of foreign affairs; and Ali Al-Naimi, minister of petroleum & mineral resources.


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Pact with France to develop nuclear energy

Published: Feb 22, 2011 00:48
Updated: Feb 23, 2011 12:06


RIYADH: France and Saudi Arabia will sign on Tuesday an agreement for bilateral cooperation in developing the use of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes.

The agreement will be signed by Hisham Yamani, chairman of the King Abdullah City for Nuclear and Renewable Energy, and the French minister in charge of industry and energy, Eric Besson, a French Embassy statement said.

French Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Bertrand Besancenot pointed out that France, where 80 percent of electricity comes from nuclear power plants, had the world's best technology in the field. He called the agreement an example of the two countries’ “strategic partnership”.

“It means that we are sharing the world's best technology and helping provide the transfer of skills to the Saudi people.”

“Another example of this partnership would be if France wins the Haramain train contract between Makkah and Madinah," he added. “Of course, we hope to win this giant SR30 billion project, because we have again the best technology in the world in this field. Part of this contract will be to train Saudi technician to operate the trains. If we win, we will not only transfer technology, but we will transfer know-how as well,” Besancenot said.

Tuesday's agreement will lay down the basis for extensive cooperation in the application of nuclear energy specifically in the production of electricity, desalination of water, qualifying human resources in the peaceful use of atomic energy and the promotion of nuclear energy applications in the sectors pf agriculture, biology, archaeology, medicine and industry.

The statement said the cooperation will take the form of exchanging and qualifying scientific and technical teams, their participation in joint activities of research and engineering and exchange of information.

A nuclear deal with France has been expected for the past two years following an offer by French President Nicolas Sarkozy during his visit to the Kingdom in 2008 to help develop nuclear energy. In May 2009, French Economy Minister Christine Lagarde predicted that it would be signed “soon,” following meetings in Riyadh with Petroleum and Mineral Resources Minister Ali Al-Naimi, Finance Minister Ibrahim Al-Assaf and others. Then there were several suggestions last year that a deal was imminent, only again to be delayed.

Last month, the head of the nuclear reactor maker Areva, Anne Lauvergeon, who was in Riyadh for talks on the project, announced her company would sign a partnership agreement with Saudi Arabia's Binladin Group for nuclear and solar energy.

At the time, Yamani said that Total Saudi power demand was expected to triple to 120 gigawatts (GW) by 2050 from around 40 GW in 2010. "Nuclear and renewable energy will reduce dependence on fossil fuels by 2050,"

Yamani said, adding that nuclear and renewable energy would free up more oil for exports. "Saudi Arabia will need to invest upfront in nuclear energy, but the oil saved will contribute significantly to the costs."

Earlier this month, SBG (Saudi BinLadin Group) confirmed that it was about to sign a deal with Arreva to build a nuclear reactor in the Kingdom.

In 2009, a French consortium of EDF, Areva, GDF Suez and Total failed to win a $40 billion contract for a nuclear power station in Abu Dhabi. It was won by a South Korean consortium.


Saudi Arabia signs nuclear energy pact with France

France would be the first country with which Saudi Arabia has inked a deal on developing the use of nuclear energy.

By Abdul Nabi Shaheen, Correspondent
Published: 21:26 February 22, 2011


Riyadh: Saudi Arabia and France signed on Tuesday a bilateral cooperation agreement on developing the use of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes.

The agreement covers areas of exchanging and qualifying scientific and technical teams and their participation in joint activities of research and engineering and exchange of information.

By signing this agreement, France would be the first country with which Saudi Arabia has inked a deal on developing the use of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes though the Kingdom has earlier reached understandings about similar agreement with each of the United States and Russia. The new agreement constitutes a vital stage of strategic partnership between Riyadh and Paris.

The agreement was signed from the Saudi side by Hashim Yamani, President of King Abdullah City for Nuclear and Renewable Energy(KACARE), while from the French side it was signed by Eric Besson the French Minister in charge of Industry and Energy.

KACARE was established in 2010 to serve as a centre for renewable research and for co-coordinating national and international energy policy.

The City works on achieving sustainable development in the kingdom through exploiting the science, research and industry of atomic and renewable energy for peaceful purposes. The French embassy said in a statement that through this agreement, France will contribute in helping provide the transfer of skills to the Saudi people, adding that the agreement will further enhance Saudi and French industries alternative energy particularly solar energy.

The statement pointed out that the agreement will lay down the basis for extensive cooperation in the application of nuclear energy specifically in the production of electricity, desalination of water, qualifying human resources in the peaceful use of atomic energy and the promotion of nuclear energy applications in the sectors of agriculture, biology, archaeology, medicine and industry.

The agreement underlines that Saudi Arabia has decided to acquire nuclear technology. It also means that the Kingdom may become the first nuclear state in the Arab world.

Meanwhile, experts highlighted Saudi Arabia's decision to acquire nuclear technology.

They noted that it comes within the framework of the decision taken by the GCC Supreme Council during its summit in Riyadh December 2006. The Council decided that a joint study among GCC states is to be conducted for a joint GCC program for acquiring nuclear technology for peaceful purposes.


L'Arabie saoudite projette de construire 16 réacteurs nucléaires

1 juin 2011

L'Arabie saoudite envisage de se doter de 16 réacteurs nucléaires d'ici 2030 pour un budget estimé à plus de 100 milliards de dollars, rapporte ce mercredi un quotidien saoudien citant un haut responsable du royaume.

Abdel Ghani ben Melaibari, coordinateur de la collaboration scientifique sur les énergies atomique et renouvelables, précise dans les colonnes d'Arab News que les deux premiers réacteurs devraient être construits dans un délai de dix ans.

Forte augmentation de la consommation d’électricité

«Par la suite, nous en créerons deux par ans jusqu'à en avoir 16 d'ici 2030», ajoute-t-il.

Le responsable saoudien estime à 7 milliards de dollars environ [4,8 milliards d'euros] le coût unitaire de chaque réacteur. Il précise que les autorités saoudiennes ont engagé un processus de planification de ses projets nucléaires et de coordination avec les groupes du secteur.

L'Arabie saoudite est le premier exportateur mondial de brut mais doit faire face à une forte augmentation de sa consommation d'électricité, projetée aux alentours de 7 à 8% pour les dix années à venir. A terme, son objectif est que le nucléaire produise 20% de ses besoins en électricité.

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La France dope son partenariat nucléaire avec la Chine

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Publié le 21/12/2009 à 12:32


La France a donné lundi un coup de fouet à son partenariat nucléaire avec la Chine grâce à des transferts de technologie annoncés par le Premier ministre français lors d'une visite officielle à Pékin.

François Fillon, accompagné en Chine d'Anne Lauvergeon, présidente du directoire d'Areva, et d'Henri Proglio, nouveau P-DG d'EDF, a souligné lors d'une cérémonie l'importance et l'histoire de la coopération franco-chinoise dans le nucléaire civil.

"Le nucléaire est plus que jamais un thème fondamental du dialogue franco-chinois", a-t-il dit dans l'imposante enceinte du Grand palais du peuple, sur la place Tiananmen de Pékin.

"Pour la France, c'est un honneur et une fierté d'avoir pu contribuer à la maîtrise de la
technologie nucléaire par la Chine, au cours d'un partenariat initié il y a presque 30 ans", a-t-il ajouté.

Paris et Pékin ont le projet de former ensemble des ingénieurs nucléaires et de construire sur le sol chinois une usine de retraitement des combustibles.

Les deux réacteurs de troisième génération EPR en construction dans la province de Guangdong ont aussi connu une nouvelle avancée avec la signature entre la holding chinoise CGNPC d'une part, Areva et EDF d'autre part, de deux coentreprises.

La TNPC, formée pour 30% par EDF et 70% par la China Guangdong nuclear power group (CGNPG), qui fait partie de CGNPC, sera en charge de la construction et de l'exploitation durant 50 ans de ces deux EPR situés à Taishan, dans le sud de la Chine.

L'investissement d'EDF dans cette coentreprise est de 600 millions d'euros selon le quotidien Les Echos.

Areva détiendra en outre 45% de Wecan, coentreprise qu'elle formera avec le CGNPC pour l'ingéniérie des réacteurs de Taishan, a annoncé Anne Lauvergeon.

Le groupe nucléaire français et son partenaire Dongfang ont également validé la vente pour 200 millions d'euros de pompes primaires pour des CPR 1000, réacteurs de deuxième génération.

Le premier EPR, dont la construction a été entamée en novembre, doit être opérationnel à la fin 2013 et le deuxième à la fin 2014.


TRANSFERTS DE TECHNOLOGIE

Areva, d'abord réticent aux transferts de technologie, a fini par se plier aux exigences chinoises. Le groupe français a bataillé pour convaincre Pékin de la qualité de ses réacteurs de troisième génération et a été devancé dans un premier temps par Westinghouse, filiale du groupe japonais Toshiba Corp, qui a remporté un contrat de quatre réacteurs en 2007.

La Chine est en effet "le pays qui construit le plus grand nombre de réacteurs" au monde, a souligné François Fillon.

La République populaire compte 11 réacteurs en activité pour une capacité globale de production de 9,1 gigawatts (GW). Vingt-quatre nouveaux réacteurs représentant 25,4 GW sont actuellement en construction et, selon le China Daily, le gouvernement souhaite porter sa capacité à 86 GW d'ici 2020.

La France souhaite dorénavant travailler avec la Chine sur la quatrième génération d'EPR. Un milliard d'euros puisés dans le futur grand emprunt français seront consacrés à la recherche sur ces futurs réacteurs, "avec lesquels la gestion du cycle du combustible sera encore plus efficace", a dit François Fillon.

"Le développement d'un secteur nucléaire durable et responsable, c'est pour notre coopération nucléaire un nouvel axe essentiel", a-t-il ajouté.

L'alliance franco-chinoise dans le nucléaire se déclinera dans l'aval et dans l'amont de l'exploitation des réacteurs.

Un accord a été signé lundi entre l'université Sun Yat-Sen de Canton et un consortium de cinq écoles françaises pour l'ouverture l'an prochain d'une école franco-chinoise d'ingénieurs nucléaires.

Les deux pays ont aussi le projet d'une usine de retraitement des combustibles usés en s'appuyant sur la technologie française.

Clément Guillou, édité par Yves Clarisse

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King Abdullah City of Atomic and Renewable Energy (K.A.CARE)

The time has come to create the future of sustainable energy. King Abdullah City for Atomic and Renewable Energy (K.A.CARE) is contributing to a sustainable future for Saudi Arabia by developing an alternative energy capacity that is substantial in size and supported by a world-class local industry. Shaped by science and research, and brought to life through technology development and industry partnerships, the Kingdom is building a new generation of sustainable power production capabilities that harness renewable and atomic energy to create a reliable, long-term supply of electricity.

More on K.A.CARE

K.A.CARE was created by a Royal order on Apr. 17, 2010, with a mandate to contribute to sustainable development in the Kingdom. Located in Riyadh, K.A.CARE endeavors to meet Saudi Arabia's future electricity demand, projected to nearly triple in the next 20 years, while maintaining the highest industry standards for safety, security and transparency. With renewable energy, we are taking advantage of the Kingdom's abundant natural resources—such as high solar intensity and promising wind and geothermal resources. Along with atomic energy, this will help transition the Kingdom to a balanced energy mix, strengthening Saudi Arabia's ability to meet future international demand for oil. The Kingdom is also investing significantly to develop the technology and human capacity required to build an important new economic sector focused on alternative energy. This sector will create new business and job opportunities for the Kingdom's citizens, which will help diversify the economy, improve quality of life, and make Saudi Arabia a world leader in alternative energy.

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Delegation of South Korean MEST (Ministry of Education, Science and Technology) in consideration of development with Saudi officials to KACARE after signing the agreement on nuclear cooperation Saudi Arabia, South Korea.












N-pact with S. Korea to boost power generation

Published: May 10, 2011 00:42

RIYADH: The Council of Ministers announced on Monday the Kingdom’s plan to sign a cooperation agreement with South Korea for peaceful use of nuclear energy. Hashim Yamani, president of the King Abdullah City for Nuclear and Renewable Energy, has been authorized to sign the pact, the Saudi Press Agency said.

The Cabinet had authorized Yamani to sign a similar agreement with China last month. The Kingdom signed its first ever nuclear treaty with France in February, paving the way for the Kingdom's long-term plans to build power stations utilizing alternative energy sources to produce electricity and water.

Saudi Arabia has decided to make use of alternative resources such as atomic, solar, geothermal and wind power to meet its growing energy requirements. Power demand in the Kingdom is forecast to increase by 8 percent annually. Electricity demand is expected to triple by 2032, which will give rise to the need for energy plants with a capacity of 80 gigawatts.


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La France perd un méga-contrat nucléaire aux Émirats



Le Figaro 28/12/2009 Mise à jour 09:10

Les Coréens ont emporté ce contrat d'au moins 20 milliards de dollars face au consortium français emmené par EDF, GDF, Areva et Total. C'est une nouvelle déconvenue pour l'EPR.

C'est un revers pour la filière nucléaire française, qui a fait de l'EPR sa vitrine internationale.

Dimanche, le consortium mené par EDF et GDF Suez s'est fait souffler un méga-contrat pour la construction de quatre centrales nucléaires aux Emirats arabes unis. L'Agence émiratie de l'énergie nucléaire a préféré l'offre d'un consortium (incluant Samsung, Hyundai, Doosan Heavy Industries, Westinghouse, Toshibapour), dirigé par la compagnie sud-coréenne publique Kepco, pour un contrat de 20,4 milliards de dollars, première tranche d'une commande pouvant atteindre 40 milliards.

Rapidement, EDF, GDF Suez, Total, Areva, Vinci et Alstom ont «pris acte» de la décision émiratie, soulignant la qualité de leur offre et «l'avance de l'EPR en matière de sûreté». La porte n'est cependant pas totalement fermée : l'Agence émiratie a fait savoir qu'elle pourrait commander ultérieurement «des centrales nucléaires additionnelles» et que «les discussions se poursuivaient avec les autres soumissionnaires».

Une ultime baisse de prix

La plupart des acteurs de la filière nucléaire française se battaient pour ce contrat depuis deux ans. En janvier 2008, alors que le président Nicolas Sarkozy menait une tournée dans les pays du Golfe, Areva, GDF Suez et Total avaient annoncé leur candidature pour la construction à Abou Dhabi de deux EPR (réacteurs nucléaires de troisième génération) d'une puissance de 1.600 mégawatts chacun, dans le cadre d'une alliance inédite. Puis EDF avait été appelé en mai à la rescousse afin de renforcer les chances de succès du projet français, handicapé par les déboires du chantier de l'EPR finlandais d'Areva.

C'est sur ordre de l'Elysée, qui a fait du développement du nucléaire civil une de ses priorités, que l'électricien était venu en renfort d'un de ses principaux rivaux dans l'énergie, GDF Suez.

Il s'agissait alors pour EDF, opérateur du plus grand parc nucléaire au monde, d'apporter une simple assistance technique. Mais il devait finalement prendre la tête du consortium, avec le dépôt d'une nouvelle offre à la clé et des ajustements de prix, jusqu'à 10% moins cher, qui n'ont pas suffi.

Le contrat a été signé dimanche en présence du président des Emirats arabes unis, cheikh Khalifa Al-Nahyane, et de son homologue sud-coréen, Lee Myung-bak, en visite à Abou Dhabi. «Nous nous engageons pleinement […] à procurer de l'électricité aux Emirats en utilisant de l'énergie nucléaire sûre et pacifique», a déclaré le président de KEPCO, Kim Ssang-su. Il a estimé à 60 ans la durée de vie de la première centrale nucléaire aux Emirats. Cette centrale «sera opérationnelle jusqu'en 2077», a-t-il dit.

Abu Dhabi school inks deal with Korean tech institute

Abu Dhabi's Khalifa University of Science, Technology and Research and the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology are set to launch a 10-year cooperation agreement, as part of the UAE-Korea nuclear agreement, according to Donga website. Under the agreement, KAIST will help KUSTAR establish a nuclear engineering department, in addition to providing support in more diverse sectors such as information technology, nanotechnology, robotics, and energy. 'Both sides will review their overall performance every five years,' KAIST Vice President Jang Sun-heung said.

United Arab Emirates: Wednesday, January 06 - 2010 at 09:31


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you guys cannot even make a screw without the outside help.

you're trying to show off? oil money can do alot of things we know.
instead of paying people to do it for you do it yourselves.
saudi arabian here in uk pay chinese to do their work for them.
 
We can produce CP1400 for you,It's far more advanced and safer than the outdated korean nuclear reactor.
 
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