Nuclear options

摘要

THE Barakah nuclear-power plant under construction in Abu Dhabi will never attract the attention that the Burj Khalifa skyscraper in neighbouring Dubai does, but it is an engineering feat nonetheless. It is using three times as much concrete as the world's tallest building, and six times the amount of steel. Remarkably, its first reactor may start producing energy in the first half of this year-on schedule and (its South Korean developers insist) on budget. That would be a towering achievement.