UAE’s Barakah nuclear power plant unit reaches 80% capacity

UAE’s Barakah nuclear power plant unit reaches 80% capacity

UAE's Barakah nuclear power plant unit reaches 80% capacity

UAE's Barakah nuclear power plant unit reaches 80% capacity

UAE's Barakah nuclear power plant unit reaches 80% capacity

The Barakah plant, which is being built by Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO), will be the first nuclear energy plant in the Arab World. (WAM)

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UAE's Barakah nuclear power plant unit reaches 80% capacity

The milestone is part of the ongoing Power Ascension Testing

The next and final step will be to increase the plant's electricity production to 100 percent capacity

Updated 18 November 2020

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DUBAI: The United Arab Emirates' Unit 1 of the Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant achieved 80 percent of the reactor's capacity power, state news agency WAM reported on Wednesday.

The milestone is part of the ongoing Power Ascension Testing, PAT, of Unit 1. The process involves a slow increase of the reactor's power levels, data collections and tuning of the control and safety systems to ensure the unit complies with national and international safety, security and quality standards.

The UAE's independent nuclear regulator Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation, FANR, is overseeing the PAT.

The next and final step will be to increase the plant's electricity production to 100 percent capacity, which is what the Nawah's operations team are