UAE's nuclear power plant operating license likely in Q1/2020 - regulator

Barak Valley Cements

27/11/2019 09:58

ABU DHABI, Nov 27 (Reuters) - The operating license for the
United Arab Emirates' Barakah nuclear power plant could be
issued in the first quarter of 2020, followed by the start-up of
the first reactor, a senior official at the industry regulator
said on Wednesday.
    The $24.4 billion Barakah power plant is the world's largest
nuclear project under construction and will be the first in the
Arab world. The plant, with four reactors, has total capacity of
5,600 megawatts (MW) of electricity.
    "If nothing new happens, it could be in the first quarter of
next year, we are working towards that," Christer Viktorsson,
director-general of the Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation
(FANR) told Reuters on the sidelines of an industry event.
    Barakah is being built by Korea Electric Power
Corporation(KEPCO)  015760.KS , but problems with training
enough local staff have delayed the startup of its first reactor
several times.   urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nD5N23E01T

 (Reporting by Stanley Carvalho, editing by Rania El Gamal and
Louise Heavens)
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