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TELEGRAM                                             May 24, 2004


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From:     AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI (ABU DHABI 1710 - ROUTINE)         

TAGS:     ENRG, ECON, EINV, KNNP                                 

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Subject:  UAEG STUDYING ATOMIC ENERGY POTENTIAL; SEEKS USG VIEWS 

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SUBJECT: UAEG STUDYING ATOMIC ENERGY POTENTIAL; SEEKS USG 
VIEWS 
 
 1.  (U) Classified by Deputy Chief of Mission Richard A. 
Albright, for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 
 
 2.  (U) This is an action request; please see paragraph 5. 
 
 3.  (C) UAE Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for 
Foreign Affairs Hamdan bin Zayed Al-Nahyan (HbZ) told the 
Ambassador May 23 that the UAEG is interested in studying 
the potential of atomic-powered energy plants to help meet 
the UAE's long-term power and desalinated water 
requirements.  HbZ said that the UAEG would study the 
feasibility over the next two years.  Hamdan noted that 
nuclear power had been discussed during his late-April trip 
to Germany, but that the UAEG also would be supportive of 
U.S. firms' participation in such a project. 
 
 4.  (C) HbZ was very sensitive to USG concerns about 
proliferation, and assured the Ambassador that any nuclear 
power program in the UAE would have only commercial and 
economic applications.  HbZ intends to discuss the UAEG's 
plans informally with the International Atomic Energy 
Agency (IAEA) Director General Mohammed El-Baradei, but 
also solicited USG views during his meeting with the 
Ambassador. 
 
 5.  (C) Comment and action request: The UAE will require a 
tremendous amount of power and water beyond its current 
supply to fuel planned industrial expansion over the next 
25 years.  We also have heard rumors that there may be 
brownouts this summer.  The Emiratis, no doubt, perceive 
that an energy crisis may be just around the corner and are 
looking for alternate solutions.  We would appreciate the 
Department's views on the UAE's proposed plans to acquire 
atomic power.  End comment and action request. 
 
Wahba