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Riyadh: A working team from the Gulf Cooperation Council states will hold its first meeting with experts from the Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency at GCC headquarters in Riyadh from May 21 to 22.
A press release issued by the Gulf Cooperation Council Secretariat General yesterday said the meeting aims to reach an agreement on the framework, goals, elements and steps for the preparation of the initial feasibility study for the GCC nuclear programme, which is the utilisation of nuclear power for peaceful purposes within international standards and requirements.
The GCC leaders during their consultative meeting in Riyadh on Tuesday decided to follow up the preparation of the initial feasibility study of the GCC nuclear project. The study will be reviewed by the forthcoming GCC summit in Muscat.
In press statements following the GCC consultative meeting, Secretary General Abdul Rahman Al Attiyah said that the Secretariat General has received the names of international experts who will conduct the study of the GCC nuclear energy project. He indicated that the study would draw a roadmap for the project according to IAEA standards.
Oil needs
The IAEA-GCC meeting comes after a meeting between the GCC Secretary General with the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Dr Mohammad Al Baradei. The press release noted that the states' future usage of nuclear energy will not affect the role being played by oil and gas at the local and global levels.
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