(Seoul = Yonhap News) Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) and the UAE Atomic Energy Corporation (ENEC), the main contractors of the UAE’s nuclear power plant industry, announced on the 24th (local time) that they have started commercial operation of the UAE’s Barakah Nuclear Power Plant No. This is the UAE’s Barakah nuclear power plant unit 2. 2022.3.24
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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Park Sang-don = KEPCO[015760]announced on the 19th that the UAE nuclear power plant operation corporation, a joint venture between the company and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Atomic Energy Corporation, has obtained an operating license for the Baccarat Nuclear Power Plant Unit 3 from the UAE Nuclear Regulatory Authority on the 17th (local time).
As a result, the Baraka Nuclear Power Plant Unit 3 is ready for full-fledged operation after refueling.
With the start of fuel loading, UAE nuclear power plant No. 3 is expected to start commercial operation after undergoing the remaining processes such as a step-by-step output increase test and performance assurance test.
KEPCO President Jeong Seung-il said, “After the start of commercial operation of UAE nuclear power plant unit 2 in March, unit 3 also achieved another goal of refueling. I will,” he said.
KEPCO won the UAE nuclear power plant project in December 2009 and has built four Korean-style nuclear power plants (APR1400) in the Baraka region near Abu Dhabi, UAE. This is Korea’s first overseas nuclear power plant project.
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