UAE Business: Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant’s unit 2 startup impressive: OECD – Gulf Digital News

UAE Business: Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant’s unit 2 startup impressive: OECD – Gulf Digital News

The start of Unit 2 commercial operations of UAE’s Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant is an impressive achievement that puts the country well on course to deliver its targets for carbon free electricity and net zero by 2050.

This is according to William D Magwood, Director General of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Nuclear Energy Agency (OECD/NEA) who visited the Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant, the Arab world’s first multi-unit nuclear energy plant.

“It’s also a lesson to the world that new nuclear power plants can be built on schedule, within budget and by a country without a long history in nuclear energy,” said Magwood.

Barakah is now generating double the amount of zero-carbon electricity with the recent start of Unit 2 commercial operations as it powers the sustainable growth of the UAE.

Units 3 and 4 in the final stages

He witnessed the progress at Unit 1 and Unit 2, both of which are commercially operational and generating clean electricity 24/7. Units 3 and 4 are in the final stages of commissioning, with Unit 3 already undergoing operational readiness preparations.

The development of the Barakah Plant as a whole is now more than 96% complete. Once operational, the four Units of the Barakah Plant will