Emirates Nuclear Energy Company
🇦🇪 AE · Founded 2009-12 · Active
Also known as ENEC, Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation
The Emirates Nuclear Energy Company (ENEC) is the United Arab Emirates body responsible for deploying and owning the country's nuclear power plants, established by decree in December 2009. It owns the Barakah plant in the Al Dhafra region of Abu Dhabi, built with a consortium led by Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO). ENEC says the plant's four APR1400 reactors produce 40 TWh a year, about 25% of the UAE's electricity needs.
- Sector
- Fission
- Technology
- Pressurised water reactor
- Role
- Utility, Operator
Terms
- Pressurised water reactor
- Ordinary (light) water kept under high pressure so it heats without boiling, transferring heat to a separate steam loop; the water is both coolant and moderator. Fuel is low-enriched uranium oxide pellets in zirconium-alloy rods. The most common reactor type in service worldwide.
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Sources
- Emirates Nuclear Energy Companyaggregator
- Barakah Plantoperator