Israel is considering plans to build a nuclear power station in its southern Negev desert, Infrastructure Minister Binyamin Ben Eliezer said. Israel Army Radio quoted Infrastructure Minister Binyamin Ben-Elizer as saying he has the support of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and that the plan would be considered in coming months.
Army Radio says the plan to build the nuclear power plant is supported by Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and would be considered by the Government in a few months.
A spokesman from Mr Olmert's office has declined to comment.
In the Army Radio report, Mr Ben Eliezer said the decision to build a nuclear power station stemmed in part from Israeli concerns about depleting natural energy resources worldwide and the environmental damage caused by using coal.
Israel has long declined to confirm or deny having nuclear weapons as part of a "strategic ambiguity" policy that it says fends off numerically superior enemies.
It is widely believed to be the sole nuclear power in the Middle East. © 2007 Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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