If I was going to write a template on how to begin a new nuclear programme and to get the world behind you instead of against you, I would say Abu Dhabi is doing it exactly the right way. It’s best practice.
Lady Barbara Judge, Chairwoman of the UK Atomic Energy Authority
... the growth of civilian nuclear power seems to me to be essential to meet not just the energy needs, but the climate change requirements... expansion of civilian nuclear power needs to be done according to what I would call the gold standard of safety and security. And I think that the way in which countries like the UAE have pursued their own civilian nuclear power programme with the utmost transparency, the utmost determination to meet the higher standards of safety and security and the utmost determination to work with international bodies is a very, very important signal of the way things should proceed in the future.
David Miliband, UK Foreign Secretary
Two things on the UAE could be a model. One is the 123 Agreement that is, I think, very robust. And then the other is the fact that they are doing it very logical, step-wise and they understand that it's not a one-year program, it will take years to get their laws, regulations, their people trained and implemented...
Dale Klein, Former Chairman, US Nuclear Regulatory Commission
In the past year alone, the US signed nuclear cooperation Memoranda of Understanding with Jordan, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, and Saudi Arabia. These agreements symbolize our shared political commitments to pursue cooperation consistent with the highest nuclear standards and to pursue deployment of nuclear power without the transfer of the most sensitive technologies.
Ambassador Jackie Wolcott, Former US Special Envoy for Nuclear Nonproliferation
