Russian state-owned company “Rosatom would be ready to cooperate with partners from the United States, Europe and Asia; to build a nuclear power plant in Saudi Arabia”, said Alexei Lekhachev, CEO of Rosatom, on Monday (October 14th).
Earlier this year, Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdul Aziz bin Salman stated that the country plans to start with building two nuclear reactors.
In January 2019, King Abdullah City for Atomic and Renewable Energy (K.A.CARE) in Saudi Arabia received offers from five countries to build the first two nuclear plants on the Gulf coast. Those included offers from the United States, Russia, France, South Korea and China.