Syrian Ministry of Electricity

October 2024

Following discussions between the Syrian government and the Chinese governments there has been an agreement towards the construction of a major infrastructure which will provide a large quantity of fresh water to the people of Syria as well as aid in providing clean energy. Syria is committed to meeting its climate goals, thus it is reducing its reliance on fossil fuels for energy as it has throughout its history. To this end it will be making the following measures.

The construction of a CANDU-6 Type 740 MW PHWR which can run off of existing Syrian Uranium rather then imported fuel. The reactor will be jointly operated by the Chinese National Nuclear Corporation and the Syrian Ministry of Electricity. It will be constructed in Tartus for 1.5 Billion dollars. This will also double as a source of energy for desalination.

Syria will begin consultation talks with multiple municipalities to determine an optimal position for a spent fuel disposal site.

Supplementing this project will be a 500 Million dollar, 400 MW Solar plant also built by China.

Finally a 250 million dollar Water Reservoir/Storage and Distribution site will be constructed for the large quantities of Freshwater created by the project.

Total costs: 2250M $

Completion: 2028