The top nuclear energy officer in Saudi Arabia said Tuesday that contracts for the first nuclear power plant in the country would be signed sometime in 2018.
“With sponsorship from the highest levels in the state, the contract will be signed by the end of 2018,” Reuters quoted Maher al Odan, the top ranking officer for the King Abdullah City For Atomic and Renewable Energy, as saying at a news conference in Riyadh, the capital city.