South Korea signs deal to build nuclear reactor in Jordan

South Korea has agreed to build Jordan's first atomic research reactor, just two weeks after winning a landmark 20.4 billion dollar deal in the United Arab Emirates, officials said Thursday. The contract, estimated at 200 billion won (178 million dollars), is to build a five megawatt reactor in Jordan by 2014, the South Korean science ministry said.
The consortium that won the deal is led by the state-run Korean Atomic Energy Research Institute and Daewoo Engineering and Construction. Jordan will use the reactor for scientific research before building its own nuclear power plants, the ministry said.