So I did some digging. Many countries in the Middle East already have plans in the works, often in cooperation with Western companies. But plans don't count for

So I did some digging. Many countries in the Middle East already have plans in the works, often in cooperation with Western companies. But plans don't count for squat. The UAE, however, has already finished a reactor unit--supposedly to be started soon--with 3 more units nearing completion: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barakah_nuclear_power_plant https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barakah_nuclear_power_plant Times have changed, particularly with the Saudi-Iran contest and Turkeys hard turn to the right, which have aligned Israel with the Arabs. Plus, as a nuclear power itself Israel should be a good judge of proliferation risk, and with strong HUMINT and SIGINT capabilities able to detect actual and even intended proliferation. As an side, interestingly Taiwan has nuclear reactors. I figured Taiwan would be a nuclear free zone. They're probably too democratic to support Rolls-Royce's project; it seems public pressure has already killed construction of a new plant, there. I initially excluded South Korea for that reason--AFAIU public sentiment has soured on nuclear even though South Korea has the best track record in the world at on-time, on-budget construction. If nuclear is gonna grow any time soon it's gonna have to be at the hands of non-democratic nations.