ENEC announces completion of Unit 4 of Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant – Gulf Today

ENEC announces completion of Unit 4 of Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant – Gulf Today

This file photo shows the Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant.

The Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) announced today that its operating and maintenance subsidiary, Nawah Energy Company, has completed the process of loading fuel assemblies into Unit 4 of the Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant, following all national regulations and the highest international standards.

The Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation (FANR), the UAE's independent nuclear regulator, recently issued the Operating Licence for Unit 4 to Nawah. This milestone takes the UAE one step closer to full fleet operations at Barakah, the largest single source of clean electricity in the region.

Once operational, Unit 4, the final Unit of Barakah, will enable the Plant to generate 25% of the UAE's electricity needs around the clock for the next sixty years.

The three current commercially operating Units at Barakah, delivered in three consecutive years, are already generating more than 30TWh of zero-emission electricity every year. Unit 4 will raise the Barakah Plant's total clean electricity generation capacity to 5.6GW, delivering more than 40TWh of clean electricity per year, once commercial operations begin.

Barakah is already preventing millions of tons of carbon emissions, the leading cause of climate change, every year.

The operations team will safely progress through