Al-Awadhi, who acts as Kuwait's liaison with the IAEA added that such projects as those useful in the generation of electric power and in the production of oil and gas. Other applications for nuclear energy, he noted, were also of great benefit in the fields of agriculture, especially in livestock production, and water and in fighting diseases such as cancer and heart ailments.  

Asked about the current extent of cooperation between the IAEA and Gulf states, al-Awadhi said it involved three areas. The first is preparatory plans for the use of nuclear energy; the second is formulating legislature affecting the proper utilization of nuclear energy, and the third is establishing effective programs to train Gulf citizens on harnessing the immense uses of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes.

                                                                       Source: News Agencies