Programmes and agreements / prg-jo-jaec-smr-programme

Jordan Atomic Energy Commission SMR programme (vendor studies, floating plant at Aqaba considered)

After cancelling its two-unit large plant in 2018, Jordan's JAEC turned to small reactors, signing SMR cooperation agreements or MoUs with Rolls-Royce, X-energy, Rosatom, CNNC and others. In April 2023 its chairman said small reactors had been chosen for desalination and power and that a floating plant at Aqaba was being considered, technologies are still being compared and no site or vendor is chosen.

Not a deployment project. SMR plans, agreements, studies and government programmes that are not (yet) a single deployment project. They are listed separately and are never counted as projects or reactors.

Type

National plan

Countries concerned

Jordan

Participants and roles

• Government: Jordan Atomic Energy Commission (JAEC)
• Developer or vendor: Rolls-Royce SMR
• Developer or vendor: X-energy
• Developer or vendor: Rosatom
• Developer or vendor: China National Nuclear Corporation
• Developer or vendor: NuScale Power

Designs named

—

Scale as stated

no unit count or site chosen

Announced or first reported

Jun 2018

Status

Active
National shift to SMRs after the 2018 cancellation of the large-plant project, technology comparison and studies, no site or vendor decision.

Confidence

low

Last checked

2026-10-14 (record review date, not proof of current activity)

Related deployment projects

• No related deployment project is recorded here.

Sources

• Jordan considers floating NPPs (reputable_press, published 28 Apr 2023, accessed 2026-10-14)
• Nuclear Power in Jordan (directory_or_aggregator, accessed 2026-10-14)