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Gulf Nuclear Ambition: New Reactors in United Arab Emirates
| Auteur | P.Dorfman. Nuclear Consulting Group |
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| Datum | december 2019 |
| Classificatie | 5.11.0.00/01 (VERENIGD ARABISCHE EMIRATEN) |
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Gulf Nuclear Ambition: New Reactors in United Arab Emirates Dr Paul Dorfman The Nuclear Consulting Group December 2019 1. Introduction Four nuclear reactors are under construction in the Dhafra Region of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE). The nuclear power plant is named Barakah – Arabic for Divine Blessing. The Barakah nuclear plant is being built by the South Korean reactor supplier Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) and the Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC), in a consortium with Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP), Hyundai Engineering & Construction, Samsung C&T, and Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction, with the UAE’s Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation providing regulation. The South Korean government has a majority financial holding in KEPCO/KHNPC, and has provided loan guarantees for the Barakah project. Yet less than a decade after Barakah broke ground, the UAE contract remains South Korea’s one and only export order – with KEPCO and its subsidiary KHNP unable to replicate the Abu Dhabi contract elsewhere, despite major initiatives in Lithuania, Turkey, Vietnam and the UK. Meanwhile, the Emirates are building the world’s largest concentrated solar power plant, capable of generating 700 megawatts. During daylight, solar will provide electricity costing a fraction of nuclear, at night the UAE will exploit concentrated solar power, deploying stored solar heat to generate electricity. So why have the Emirates invested in 4 new nuclear reactors, will their operation further destabilise the volatile Gulf region, and what are the key safety, security, and environmental risks?