Abu Dhabi government has decided to go ahead with its plans of establishing proposed nuclear power plants despite the havoc caused by incidents of radiation leak at Fukushima, Japan. The country said that there is no change in its plans over civilian reactors despite nuclear disaster in Japan due to earthquake.

Abdulla Saif al-Nuaimi, Director General of Abu Dhabi Water & Electricity Authority, at the Arabian Power & Water Summit, asserted that nuclear energy is a need of the hour and must be brought in the country for addressing its growing electricity needs.

Jarmo Kotilaine, chief economist at National Commercial Bank in Saudi Arabia asserted, "It's cost-competitive, addresses some of the environmental risks involved in burning crude, and can be built on a large scale."

Al-Nuaimi said that none can be better option other than nuclear energy in the light of rising power needs of the country. Abu Dhabi’s energy demand is growing by 10 per cent every year and plans are expedited for the reactor to be operational in 2017.

Power demand in Saudi Arabia is also seeing unprecedented rise and the sheikdom wants to generate about 7 percent of its power from renewable energy.