UAE licenses third unit of Barakah nuclear power plant (updated)

Korea Electric Power

17/06/2022 11:43

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    ABU DHABI, June 17 (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates
(UAE) has licensed the third unit of its Barakah Nuclear Energy
Plant, the UAE's permanent representative to the International
Atomic Energy Agency, Hamad Al Kaabi, told reporters on Friday. 
    Construction of the unit in Abu Dhabi's Al Dhafra region was
completed last year and it is on track to start up and deliver
clean electricity in 2023, according to the UAE's Nuclear Energy
Corporation (ENEC). 
    The Barakah nuclear plant is the Arab world's first
multi-unit operating nuclear energy plant.
    The operator, an ENEC subsidiary called Nawah, will
undertake a period of commissioning to prepare for commercial
operation now that the unit has been licensed, said Christer
Viktorsson, director-general of the Federal Authority for
Nuclear Regulation (FANR).
    Nawah is licensed to operate Unit 3 for 60 years.
    When completed Barakah, which is being built by Korea
Electric Power Corp (KEPCO) <015760.KS >, will have four
reactors with 5,600 megawatts (MW) of total capacity -
equivalent to around 25% of the UAE's peak demand.

 (Reporting by Hadeel Al Sayegh; Writing by Nadine Awadalla;
editing by Mark Heinrich and Mark Potter)
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