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UAE's first nuclear reactor nearing completion - official
The United Arab Emirates’ first of four nuclear reactors is almost nearing completion, with the entire plant in Abu Dhabi on course to begin operations by 2020, the country’s permanent representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Hamad Al Kaabi, said on Tuesday.
“We are at a very good timing in terms of progress. The first unit (reactor) is almost 96 percent done,” Al Kaabi told Zawya on the sidelines of the World Government Summit in Dubai, adding that the project will include four 1,400 megawatts reactors and will contribute around a quarter of the country’s electricity needs when it is connected to the country’s electric grid at the end of the decade.
The Barakah plant, which is a joint project between the state-backed Emirates Nuclear Energy Corp (ENEC) and a consortium led by the Korea Electric Power Corporation, started construction in 2012.
