UAE begins loading fuel rods at country’s first nuclear plant

UAE begins loading fuel rods at country’s first nuclear plant
# 20 February 2020 05:32 (UTC +04:00)

Nawah Energy Company, the operator of the Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant, announced Wednesday that fuel rods have been delivered to the plant, APA reports citing AFP.

"The Nawah Energy Company has commenced loading the first nuclear fuel assemblies as the initial step in the process towards safely and gradually commencing operations and subsequent generation of clean electricity," the company said, according to a statement obtained by the AFP.

While the nuclear plant has a total of four reactors, the license granted by the UAE’s Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation (FANR) to Nawah Energy Company on Monday pertained to only one unit of the facility.

“A moment of national pride and a milestone for the UAE Peaceful Nuclear Energy Program as Nawah receives the Operating License for Unit 1 of the Barakah plant from FANR,” the national nuclear regulator said in a Facebook post on Monday.

A tweet from the FANR on the same day explained that the license lasts 60 years. The regulatory body also stressed that Emirates Nuclear Energy Program adheres to standards of the International Atomic Energy Agency.

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THE OPERATION IS BEING PERFORMED