Unit 3 at the Barakah nuclear power station has been brought to 100% of its reactor power capacity for the first time as part of its testing activities, project company Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (Enec) said.
The milestone brings the third unit of the four-unit Barakah station – the first commercial nuclear power station in the Arab World – one step closer to beginning commercial operation, scheduled for early 2023.
Barakah, in the western Al Dhafra region of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, is one of the largest nuclear energy new-build projects in the world, with four APR1400 units supplied by South Korea. Construction of the first unit began in 2012.
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