S. Korea signs deal to build research reactor in Jordan

SEOUL, Jan. 14 (Yonhap) -- A South Korean consortium has signed a contract to
build Jordan's first atomic research reactor, government officials here said
Thursday.

The science ministry said the state-run Korean Atomic Energy Research Institute
and Daewoo Engineering and Construction Co. signed a "letter of acceptance" after
being chosen as the priority negotiating partners by the Jordan Atomic Energy
Commission in December.
The deal, reached in Amman and estimated at 200 billion won (US$178 million),
calls for the 5 megawatt reactor to be built at the Jordan University for
Sciences and Technology by 2014.
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