There are several problems, though.
Any type of nuclear reactors, including the “peaceful” ones, can be potentially used to harvest weapons-grade uranium. Jordan’s light-water nuclear power reactor can also be used to harvest plutonium; the Arabs only need to stop the reactor for a few weeks.
A nuclear reactor run by Bedouins is a major ecological hazard for Israel.
Jordan possesses massive deposits of natural uranium, which it intends to use in its nuclear power program. But the deposits are really Israel’s, as what is termed “Jordan” is just a part of the Promised Land.
Jordan’s choice of the CANDU-type reactor is suspicious because it is the most expensive reactor, hardly a feasible solution. It would be cheaper for Jordan to enrich its natural uranium in Switzerland rather than operate a natural uranium reactor. Probably, Israel conceded to Jordan’s nuclearization on the condition of the Bedouins using the safest nuclear power reactor.
CANDU nuclear power reactor eliminates a major safeguard: repatriation of spent rods. Normally, a country would purchase enriched uranium on the condition of returning the spent rods. Since CANDU uses natural uranium, Jordan would neither buy the rods nor return them. That sham of a country, ridden by terrorists, will stock massive quantities on depleted uranium highly useful for radiological weapons.
