The UAE is due to commission the Arab world’s first nuclear power reactor this year. Of the four nuclear reactors with a capacity of 1400 megawatt (MW) each at Barakah in Al Dhafra region of Abu Dhabi, the first one is getting ready and the remaining three reactors will go online by 2020. The state-run Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (Enec) said in January that Unit 1 is currently undergoing commissioning and testing, prior to regulatory review and receipt of the Operating Licence from the Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation (FANR).
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