UAE points to Iran in nuclear site strike

The United Arab Emirates blames a fire near its nuclear power plant on a drone launched by Iran or one of its regional allies in what the UAE has called a “dangerous escalation”

Strait of Hormuz
Gulf of Oman
Persian Gulf
Enlarged area

APR-1400 REACTOR Containment building
Auxiliary building
Turbine building
Reactor 1
Reactor 2
Reactor 3
Reactor 4
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BARAKAH  NUCLEAR POWER PLANT
Four 1,400MW advanced pressurised water reactors built by South Korea’s KEPCO

First nuclear plant on Arabian Peninsula
First reactor connected to grid in 2020, fourth in 2024

Combined output: 5,348MW. Supply 21.8% of UAE’s electricity production

Barakah
IRAN
SAUDI ARABIA
QATAR
OMAN
UAE
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200km
1,640ft
500m

May 17: Drone strike hits electrical generator outside plant’s inner perimeter. Unit 3 forced to rely temporarily on emergency diesel generators. No injuries reported. Radiation levels remain normal

Sources: Reuters, IAEA, Interesting Engineering
Picture: World Nuclear Association
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