Although the UAE was the world’s third-largest oil exporter in 2007, it plans to build a number of nuclear reactors to meet an expected need for an additional 40,000 megawatts of electricity by 2017.
U.S. nuclear reactor builders GE (GE.N) and Westinghouse Electric Co, a subsidiary of Toshiba Corp (6502.T), hope to get a big share of the expected $40 billion market if Congress does not block the deal.
