Iraq Aims to Go Nuclear to Resolve Crippling Power Shortages
- State is battling widespread outages that have led to protests
- Plan to build reactors faces geopolitical and cash constraints
Electrical wires running between homes in Baghdad, Iraq.
Photographer: Sabah Arar/AFP/Getty Images
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Iraq is working on a plan to build nuclear reactors as the electricity-starved petrostate seeks to end the widespread blackouts that have sparked social unrest.