The world needs energy. Energy brings development; and alternative to development is poverty, diseases, famine, sufferings and death. So, a nation without development means widespread insecurity. This is the key reason why the international bodies have been calling for increased energy production to meet the global needs to ensure national and global security.
It’s a challenging task to meet the energy needs by reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The potential of the renewable source of energies, like wind, solar, biomass etc, is limited. Here comes the significance of nuclear energy and studies have repeatedly shown that it’s a low-emitting source and cost-effective. According to a report, almost all studies on future energy supply from global organisations suggest an expanded role for nuclear power.
Taking cognizance of the global nuclear energy call, the State of Qatar has affirmed its keen interest in benefiting from the peaceful applications of nuclear energy, for the prosperity and improvement of the quality of life, stressing the importance attached to this energy in the implementation of the Sustainable Development Plan 2030, which has comprehensive goals that balance the three dimensions of sustainable development — economic, social and environmental.
The nation is also well aware of the threats posed by this form of energy and moves only in line with the path that ensures utmost safety and security. Qatar warned that the expansion of nuclear power plants, especially in some countries that have overstated their contracts in recent years to build many nuclear power plants at a time when their infrastructure, national expertise, regulatory frameworks and safety personnel have not been completed, could create legitimate concerns about the safety and security of energy reactors.
At the International Ministerial Conference on Science and Nuclear Technology organised by the International Atomic Energy Agency, the Acting Charge d’Affaires in the Qatari Embassy in Vienna, Abdullah bin Nasser Al Fahid, highlighted the keen interest of Qatar in benefiting from the peaceful applications of nuclear energy, because of the prosperity and improvement of the quality of life that can be achieved through these applications, adding that the State is actively working to establish its scientific, research and legal base in the field of nuclear energy in order to be able to keep pace with the latest technologies. Qatar’s commitment in this regard is evident in its statements at various global bodies.
The nation admitted the fact that nuclear science and technology are among the most important technologies of this age because it can make a broad contribution to the development of various fields of life and make an effective contribution to the implementation of the 17 sustainable development goals embodied in the 2030 Sustainable Development Plan.
Like in all sectors, Qatar has got a vision in energy sector too and is powered by a future-oriented and well-structured action plan. Qatar has been moving with the world in making the nuclear energy dreams a reality and it’s not a distant dream that Qatar becoming a master of this.
