Barakah Nuclear Power Plant

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Barakah Nuclear Power Plant
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Barakah Nuclear Power Plant (United Arab Emirates)
Barakah Nuclear Power Plant
Coordinates 23 ° 58 '4 "  N , 52 ° 13' 53"  E Coordinates: 23 ° 58 '4 "  N , 52 ° 13' 53"  E
Country: United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates
Data
Operator: Nawah Energy Company
Project start: 2011

Active reactors (gross):

1 (1400 (1345 net) MW)

Reactors under construction (gross):

3 (4200 (4035 net) MW)
Was standing: August 2020
The data source of the respective entries can be found in the documentation .
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The Barakah Nuclear Power Plant ( Arabic محطة براكة للطاقة النووية, DMG Maḥaṭṭat Barrāka li-ṭ-Ṭāqa an-nawawiyya ) in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is located about 53 km west of the city of Ruwais in the emirate of Abu Dhabi . It should consist of four blocks , each with a pressurized water reactor of the type APR-1400 . Block 1 reached initial criticality on August 1, 2020 , the other three blocks are in the construction phase.

history

As of September 2015, the UAE had an installed capacity of 19 GW, which consists almost exclusively of gas-fired power plants . Electricity consumption is growing at around 9% per year and it was expected that generation capacity would have to increase to 40 GW by 2020 in order to meet demand. The UAE therefore began studies on the use of nuclear power plants in 2008 and founded the Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) in December 2009 .

In December 2009, a consortium led by the South Korean electricity supplier KEPCO won the tender to build four reactors. The contract value for the construction and commissioning of the power plant as well as the initial supply of fuel elements is USD 20.4 billion  . The generation costs of electricity from the nuclear power plant should be around a quarter of those from gas power plants. The total cost of the project is estimated at $ 32 billion.

The foundation stone for the power plant was laid on March 17, 2011. Present was u. a. the then South Korean President Lee Myung-bak . In September 2015, more than 18,000 workers were employed on the construction site.

Block 1

The first concrete for the foundation of reactor block 1 was poured on July 19, 2012. On May 30, 2014 the reactor pressure vessel was delivered from Korea. It has a height of 12 m, a diameter of 6 m and a weight of over 400 t. In September 2015, Unit 1 was more than 75% complete. At the beginning of May 2017 it was announced that block 1 was completed; the operator, the Nawah Energy Company , now had to obtain regulatory approval to load the fuel elements into the reactor core .

In January 2018, Christer Viktorsson, the director general of the Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation (FANR) announced that the Nawah was not yet at the level of personnel and organization required to obtain the operating license and that it would be difficult to grant say when this level would be reached. In November 2019, a Pre-Start Up Review (PSUR) was carried out by experts from the World Association of Nuclear Operators (WANO). In January 2020, as a result of the PSUR, WANO announced that Unit 1 is operational. Reactor block 1 became critical for the first time on August 1, 2020, and network synchronization was established on August 19, 2020.

Block 2

The foundation stone for Unit 2 was laid on May 29, 2013. On June 17, 2015, the reactor pressure vessel for Unit 2 was installed.

Block 3

The first concrete for the foundation of Block 3 was poured on September 24, 2014. This was preceded by earthworks and the preparation of the construction pit, which took twelve months.

Block 4

The official start of construction for Block 4 was celebrated on September 2, 2015.

Data of the reactor blocks

List of nuclear power plants in the United Arab Emirates (source: IAEA, as of August 2020)
Surname block
 Reactor type model status Net
power
in MW
 Gross
power
in MW
 start of building First network
synchronization 		Commercial
operation
(planned)
 Switching off
processing
(planned)
 Feed-
in in TWh
Barakah 1 PWR APR-1400 Installation 1345 1400 2012-07-19 07/19/2012 2020-08-19 08/19/2020 - - -
2 PWR APR-1400 Under construction 1345 1400 2013-04-16 04/16/2013 - - - -
3 PWR APR-1400 Under construction 1345 1400 2014-09-24 09/24/2014 - - - -
4th PWR APR-1400 Under construction 1345 1400 2015-07-30 07/30/2015 - - - -

See also

Web links

Commons : Barakah Nuclear Power Plant  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c Nuclear Power in the United Arab Emirates. World Nuclear Association , accessed September 25, 2015 .
  2. ^ Barakah Nuclear Power Plant, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. www.power-technology.com, July 17, 2015, accessed on September 26, 2015 (English).
  3. ^ Groundbreaking for the first UAE reactor. www.world-nuclear-news.org (WNN), March 17, 2011, accessed on September 26, 2015 (English).
  4. ↑ a b c UAE's fourth power reactor under construction. WNN, September 2, 2015, accessed on September 26, 2015 .
  5. ↑ a b UAE’s Barakah nuclear plant reaches construction milestone. www.thenational.ae (TN), September 2, 2015, accessed on September 26, 2015 (English).
  6. ^ Construction under way at Barakah. WNN, July 19, 2012, accessed September 26, 2015 .
  7. ^ Barakah 1 reactor vessel delivered. WNN, May 30, 2014, accessed September 26, 2015 .
  8. ↑ Completed Barakah 1 awaits permission to load fuel. WNN, May 5, 2017, accessed May 7, 2017 .
  9. ↑ https://uk.reuters.com/article/emirates-nuclear/uae-nuclear-plant-operator-not-ready-to-get-licence-yet-regulator-idUKL8N1PP2VC
  10. ^ Barakah unit ready for operation, WANO finds. WNN, January 28, 2020, accessed on February 16, 2020 .
  11. ↑ Deutsche Welle (www.dw.com): Arab Emirates put first nuclear power plant into operation | DW | 08/01/2020. Retrieved on August 1, 2020 (German).
  12. ^ Nuclear Engineering International: Grid connection for Barakah 1 | 08/20/2020. Accessed August 21, 2020 .
  13. ↑ Korea to build 2nd nuclear power plant in UAE. www.korea.net, May 29, 2013, accessed September 26, 2015 (English).
  14. ↑ Enec installs second reactor vessel at Barakah. TN, July 17, 2015, accessed on September 26, 2015 .
  15. ^ Construction starts on third Barakah unit. WNN, September 25, 2014, accessed on September 26, 2015 .
  16. ↑ United Arab Emirates. IAEA , accessed January 4, 2020 .