UAE to open Arab world’s first nuclear plant

The United Arab Emirates is preparing to commission its first nuclear power station, setting a unique precedent for the Arab Gulf region

BARAKAH NUCLEAR ENERGY PLANT
Four 1,400MW advanced pressurised water reactors built by South Korea’s KEPCO

Reactor 1 Expected to come online in 2018. Other reactors due to start by 2020
Reactor 2
Reactor 3 
Reactor 4

Combined
ouput: 5,600MW. Will supply up to 25 percent of UAE’s electricity needs

Transmission lines

APR-1400 REACTOR Containment building Fabrication of reactor fuel to take place in South Korea

Auxiliary building

Turbine building

Number of reactors

SUNNI ARAB STATES GOING NUCLEAR

Egypt   Due to be operational by 2025

Sudan   2030 – site not selected

Jordan  2023-2025

UAE     2018-2020

Saudi Arabia  2030 – site not selected

El Dabaa
Qasr Amra
Cairo 
Khartoum
Riyadh
Barakah
500km 300 miles



Sources: ENEC, Institute for Policy and Strategy, World Nuclear Association 

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