Programmes and agreements / prg-sa-kacare-cnec-htr

K.A.CARE and CNEC memorandum and feasibility study for a high-temperature gas-cooled reactor in Saudi Arabia

On 19 January 2016 K.A.CARE and CNEC signed a memorandum on building a high-temperature gas-cooled reactor in Saudi Arabia, without size or timeline. A joint working group began a feasibility study in May 2017, aiming to finish that year. No later step is recorded.

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Type

Cooperation agreement or MOU

Countries concerned

Saudi Arabia

Participants and roles

• Government: King Abdullah City for Atomic and Renewable Energy (K.A.CARE)
• Developer or vendor: China Nuclear Engineering Corporation (CNEC)

Designs named

HTR-PM

Scale as stated

no size disclosed

Announced or first reported

19 Jan 2016

Status

Status not established
MoU (Jan 2016) and joint feasibility study begun (May 2017), no later step found.

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

• China, Saudi Arabia agree to build HTR (reputable_press, published 20 Jan 2016, accessed 2026-10-14)
• China, Saudi Arabia begin HTGR feasibility study (reputable_press, published 17 May 2017, accessed 2026-10-14)