09 March 2021
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The UAE Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation (FANR) has today issued an operating licence for Barakah unit 2 to the plant s operator, Nawah Energy Company (Nawah). Nawah will now begin the commissioning of the Arab world s second nuclear power reactor.
FANR announced the licence in an online event (L-R: Sara Al Saadi, director of FANR s Nuclear Security Department; Al Kaabi; FANR Director General Christer Viktorsson)
Hamad Al Kaabi, the UAE s permanent representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency and the deputy chairman of FANR, said fuel loading could start as early as today or tomorrow. Speaking during FANR s online announcement this morning, he said a testing programme would follow as the plant gradually increases power and is connected to the grid, before it is formally declared to be in commercial operation around a year from now.
The UAE’s independent nuclear watchdog, The Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation (FANR), has issued the operating licence for Unit 2 of the Barakah Nuclear Power Plant to Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation’s key subsidiary Nawah.
The Arab world's first nuclear power plant has received an operating license for its second unit, and the facility's timeline still calls for commercial
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Barakah Unit 2 operating licence issued, power potential increases
09 Mar 2021
Mariecar Jara-Puyod,
Senior Reporter
The UAE’s Nawah Energy Company (Nawah) of the Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (Enec) was issued on Tuesday morning its operating licence for the Unit 2 reactor of the Barakah Nuclear Power Plant (Barakah) by the country’s independent nuclear power plant regulator, the Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation (FANR).
The issuance of the operating licence comes 13 months after the FANR issued the operating licence for the Unit 1 reactor in Feb. 2020 which was connected to the country’s electric grid in Aug. 2020. The operating licences of the two unit reactors are good for 60 years. With this development, expected is a further boost to the country’s diversification efforts on energy sources, as it veers away from the traditional oil and gas, particularly for increasing electricity demands. Other benefits from the safe and secure production