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Unit 2 of Barakah Plant successfully starts up

26 August 2021

- Unit 2 starts up 13 months after Unit 1, demonstrating safe and steady progress at Barakah - Unit 2 start-up makes Barakah Nuclear energy Plant the first multi-unit plant… [...]

Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant Unit 2 Successfully Connects to UAE’s Transmission Grid

26 August 2021

- Thousands more megawatts of clean electricity capacity connected to the UAE’s transmission network - Connection safely and successfully completed through collaboration with Abu Dhabi Transmission and Despatch Company (TRANSCO) -… [...]

ENEC and EDF to sign Memorandum of Understanding on Research and Development

29 June 2021

- Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) and France’s EDF sign Letter of Intent ahead of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at UAE-France nuclear cooperation event E-FUSION [...]

ENEC Achieves Latest Nuclear New Build Benchmark with 100 Million Safe Work Hours at the Barakah Plant

14 June 2021

- ENEC and its Joint Venture partner KEPCO surpass more than 100 million man-hours without a Lost Time Injury (LTI) at the Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant - Achievement marks ENEC’s continued… [...]

International Atomic Energy Agency Newcomers webinar showcases success of the UAE Peaceful Nuclear Energy Program

1 May 2021

- The UAE took part in the IAEA webinar on newcomers’ success stories, which focused on the keys to delivery of the UAE Peaceful Nuclear Energy Program - The UAE… [...]

FANR’s Board of Management Reviews Barakah Nuclear Power Plant Progress

The Board of Management of the UAE’s Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation (FANR) convened. The Board was briefed about latest updates on the four units of the Barakah Nuclear Power… [...]

UAE hosts rehearsals ahead of IAEA’s ConvEx-3 'Barakah UAE' exercise

The United Arab Emirates hosted the main training rehearsals on 28th and 29th September ahead of the ConvEx-3 'Barakah UAE', the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) nuclear emergency exercise. [...]

The UAE Delegation Takes Part in IAEA 65th General Conference

The United Arab Emirates is taking part in the annual week- long General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) at the organization’s headquarters in Vienna, Austria. [...]

FANR’s Statement on Nawah’s announcing Grid Connection of Unit 2 of Barakah Nuclear Power Plant to Generate Electricity

Since issuing the Operating License in March 2021 for Unit 2 of Barakah Nuclear Power Plant, the Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation (FANR) has continued its regulatory oversight: starting with… [...]

FANR’s Statement on Nawah’s announcing the First Criticality of Unit 2 of Barakah Nuclear Power Plant to Generate Electricity

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