Startup Schedule for UAE's Barakah Unit 1 Delayed for Operator Training

摘要

Fuel loading for Barakah Unit 1, the United Arab Emirates' (UAE) first nuclear power plant, will now take place in late 2019 or early 2020, according to plant operator Nawah Energy Co. The revised start-up schedule reflects the time required to complete operator training and to obtain the necessary regulatory approvals, the company said this week. The loading of fuel into Unit 1 (1,345 MWe APR) will only begin once all preparations for nuclear operations are successfully completed and an operating license has been received from the Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation, Nawah said.