The Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) said Monday that it had taken steps to form an operating subsidiary, Nawah Energy Company (Nawah) that would operate and maintain the four-reactor Barakah nuclear power plant once it is up and running.
The company named H.E. Khaldoon Khalifa Al Mubarak as chairman, H.E. Sheikha Lubna Al Qasimi as vice chairwoman, and H.E. Awaidha Murshed Ali Al-Marar, H.E Eng. Mohammed A. Sahoo Al Suwaidi, Saeed Fadhel Al Mazrooei, Mohammed Hamdan Al Falahi, David V, Scott and Mike Wallace as board members.
“ENEC will focus on the strategic growth of the nuclear industry across the UAE, its responsibilities as project owner of Barakah and shareholder of Nawah, as well as the safe and quality-driven delivery and commissioning of the Barakah project,” said Chief Executive Officer His Excellency Eng. Mohamed Al Hammadi.
Nawah will be responsible to continue the process to obtain the approval of the Operating Licenses from the Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation (FANR) to operate Units 1 to 4 in Barakah. In March 2015, ENEC filed the Operating License Application (OLA) for Units 1 & 2 on behalf of its operating subsidiary.
Prior to being appointed as Acting CEO of Nawah, H.E. Eng. Mohammed Sahoo AlSuwaidi held executive level positions in Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC). He served as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of GASCO from May 2002 until October 2012. He holds a Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Chemical Engineering from the University of Southern California (USC) in Los Angeles, USA, in 1984.