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Barakah

  • Posted By
    10Pointer
  • Categories
    Science & Technology
  • Published
    2nd Aug, 2020
  • Oil-rich Gulf state UAE finally starts its first-ever nuclear reactor “Barakah” at Abu Dhabi on the Gulf coast.
  • Developed in a joint venture with the Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) and Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO)
  • In association with KEPCO, the nuclear reactor power plant has begun the process of nuclear fission in one of its four reactors.
  • The energy in the reactor plant will be generated by 1,400-megawatt pressurised water reactors, designed in South Korea, called APR-1400.
  • The aim of the country is to have its all four reactors set to the operational mode by 2023.

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