The Arab Spring and the 2011 ousting of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak interrupted this supply of oil, setting Jordan back further in their energy crisis.
[7][8] In 2018, Jordan announced it had abandoned plans to build gigawatt sized reactors within the next 10 years, due to difficulties providing adequate cooling water and financing.
[2] In 2018, the Commission announced that Jordan was in talks with multiple companies to build the country's first commercial nuclear plant, a Helium-cooled reactor that is scheduled for completion by 2025.
[14] Jordan takes its commitment to this treaty seriously and thus aims to pursue an internationally approved path to obtaining nuclear energy.
In October 2013 the Russian VVER-1000 design was selected in a competitive tender for Jordan's first twin reactor nuclear power station.
[15] As recently as April, 2014, King Abdullah II met with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss a possible Jordanian-Russian nuclear cooperation.
[11][12][13] As the Jordanian government moves closer to the development of nuclear power plants, the local anti-nuclear movement has picked up steam.
The movement is led by Basel Burgan, an environmentalist and activist who heads the National Campaign, an anti-nuclear energy non-profit.
Jordan is already facing rapid depletion of water resources, questioning if the country can afford to take the risk of building these power plants.