Barakah nuclear power plant

Barakah Nuclear Power Plant
Barakah nuclear power plant
Official name	محطة براكة للطاقة النووية
Country	United Arab Emirates
Location	Approx. 50km west of Ruwais
Coordinates	23°58′04″N 52°13′54″E / 23.96778°N 52.23167°E / 23.96778; 52.23167
Status	Operational
Construction began	Unit 1: 19 July 2012 Unit 2: 16 April 2013 Unit 3: 24 September 2014 Unit 4: 30 July 2015
Commission date	Unit 1: 3 August 2020 Unit 2: 14 September 2021 Unit 3: 10 October 2022 Unit 4: 23 March 2024
Construction cost	US$ 24.4 billion
Owner(s)	ENEC
Nuclear power station
Reactor type	PWR
Reactor supplier	KEPCO
Cooling source	Persian Gulf
Thermal capacity	4 × 3983 MWth
Power generation
Units operational	4 x 1345 MW
Make and model	APR-1400
Nameplate capacity	5600 MW
External links
Website	enec.gov.ae/barakah-plant/
Commons	Related media on Commons
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The Barakah nuclear power plant (Arabic: محطة براكة للطاقة النووية) (BNPP) is the United Arab Emirates' first nuclear power station, the first nuclear power station in the Arabian Peninsula, the second in the Persian Gulf region and the first commercial nuclear power station in the Arab World. It consists of four APR-1400 nuclear reactors. Total nameplate capacity is 5600 MW^[1] which is intended to supply up to 25% of UAE's electricity needs.^[2][3] The site is in the Gharbiya region of Abu Dhabi, on the coastline between the Persian Gulf and the E11 highway, 50 km west of Ruwais.