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Monday, August 3, 2020

UAE's first power reactor achieves criticality : New Nuclear - World Nuclear News

UAE's first power reactor achieves criticality : New Nuclear - World Nuclear News: Nawah Energy Company has started up unit 1 of the Barakah nuclear power plant, located in the Al Dhafrah region of Abu Dhabi. Nawah is the joint venture nuclear operations and maintenance subsidiary of Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation and the Korea Electric Power Corporation. The APR1400 attained a sustained chain reaction for the first time early yesterday morning and is expected to enter commercial operation later this year.

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