UAE nuclear power plant reaches 95 per cent completion

Construction works on the UAE’s 5.6GW Barakah nuclear power plant are now 95 per cent completed, a UAE-French business event was told on 29 June

 

Construction works on the UAE’s 5.6GW Barakah nuclear power plant are now 95 per cent completed, a UAE-French business event was told on 29 June.

Speaking at the E-Fusion event in Dubai, Saleh al-Shehhi, the chief operating officer of Nawah Energy, the company operating the Barakah nuclear power plant, said that 95 per cent of the work on the overall project had been completed.

The first 1.4GW unit of the Barakah plant began commercial operations in April this year, with construction works and the fuel load for the second unit having been completed.

“Units 3 and 4 are in the final stages of construction, with 94 per cent of works on unit 3 and 89 per cent of construction works on unit 4 having been completed,” revealed Al-Shehhi.

Commercial operations of the first unit began in April, following the completion of the fuel load in February 2020 and then the connection to the grid in August 2020, Al-Shehhi told the delegates.

Al-Shehhi revealed that Nawah’s local spend in 2020 reached AED772m ($210m), 29.7 per cent of the overall funds spent for the year, which he said showed Nawah’s commitment to boosting the local economy and creating jobs.