“It allows all the countries, more than 170 countries including countries from the region, to participate.”
This undated photograph released by the United Arab Emirates’ state-run WAM news agency, shows the under-construction Barakah nuclear power plant in Abu Dhabi’s Western desert (Arun Girija/WAM via AP, File)
Known as the Level 3 Convention Exercise, it is the IAEA’s highest level emergency exercise.
The United Arab Emirates, the fourth largest crude producer in the OPEC cartel, was built on oil. Nevertheless, it is spending billions to develop enough renewable energy to cover half of its needs by 2050.
The Barakah plant, a first for the Arab world, started up in August when authorities pushed the button on the first of four reactors, with the second reactor receiving its operating license on Tuesday.
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