UAE Business: FANR issues nine licences over 13 years for UAE nuclear plant – Gulf Digital News

UAE Business: FANR issues nine licences over 13 years for UAE nuclear plant – Gulf Digital News

The UAE's Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation (FANR) has issued nine licences for Barakah plant over the course of 13 years, with the first issued in March 2010,according to a FANR report released yesterday (June 17), with the issuance of the Operating License for Unit 3 of the plant.

The report cited the licences which include the 'License for the Preparation of the Construction of a Nuclear Facility' (July 2010); the 'License for the construction of unit one and two of Barakah nuclear facility' (July 2012); the 'License for the construction of unit three and four of Barakah nuclear facility and related regulated activity' (July 2014); the 'Handling and Storage of Nuclear Fuel' (January 2017); the 'License for the Operation of Unit One for 60 years (February 2020); License for the Operation of Unit Two for 60 years (March 2021); in addition to the licence issued today and a decommissioning license to dismantle the Nuclear Facility to be enacted in 2080.

The FANR report highlighted details about the Operating License Application (OLA) of Unit 3 of the Barakah Nuclear Power Plant, which began with Nawah's submission of the application for Barakah Units 3 & 4, to FANR in 2017, after which FANR