DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, May 27 (UPI) -- The United Arab Emirates has turned to South Korean companies to assist in developing their nuclear energy programs.
Gen. Sheik Mohammad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Abu Dhabi crown prince and deputy supreme commander of the United Arab Emirates armed forces, accompanied by Sheik Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, foreign minister, and other senior officials, have visited the Doosan Group for Heavy Industries and Construction manufacturing plant in Seoul to monitor construction, The Gulf News reported Thursday.
They was hosted by Doosan Chairman Jeong Wun Park and Chairman of the Board Y.H. Park.
During his tour Mohammad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan told reporters, "The (United Arab Emirates') peaceful nuclear program is a step forward in the (United Arab Emirates') comprehensive development strategy due to its positive and promising aspects, which will complement the (United Arab Emirates') constant development."
They also visited the Shin Kori nuclear power plant where a Shin Kori 3 Generation III nuclear reactor is under construction, scheduled to come online in 2012, whose design is similar to the nuclear reactor that Doosan Group for Heavy Industries and Construction will build in the United Arab Emirates.
