Barakah Nuclear Power Plant

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Barakah_Nuclear_Power_Plant
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:nuclear_reactor
gptkbp:constructionStartYear 2012
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Arab_Emirates
gptkbp:designedBy gptkb:Korea_Electric_Power_Corporation
gptkbp:employer gptkb:Emirates_Nuclear_Energy_Corporation
gptkbp:firstCommercialOperation 2021
gptkbp:firstReactorConnected 2020
gptkbp:fuelType uranium dioxide
gptkbp:gridConnection August 2020
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Barakah Nuclear Power Plant
gptkbp:location gptkb:Al_Dhafra,_Abu_Dhabi,_United_Arab_Emirates
gptkbp:mainContractor gptkb:Korea_Electric_Power_Corporation
gptkbp:namedAfter Barakah region
gptkbp:numberOfReactors 4
gptkbp:operator gptkb:Emirates_Nuclear_Energy_Corporation
gptkbp:plannedUnits 4
gptkbp:projectCost approximately $24 billion
gptkbp:purpose electricity generation
gptkbp:reactorSupplier gptkb:Korea_Electric_Power_Corporation
gptkbp:reactorType gptkb:APR-1400
gptkbp:regionServed gptkb:United_Arab_Emirates
gptkbp:safetyRegulator Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation (FANR)
gptkbp:significance first nuclear power plant in the Arab world
gptkbp:status operational
gptkbp:totalElectricalCapacity 5,600 MW
gptkbp:unit1CommercialOperation April 2021
gptkbp:unit2CommercialOperation March 2022
gptkbp:unit3CommercialOperation February 2023
gptkbp:unit4Status under commissioning as of 2024
gptkbp:website https://www.enec.gov.ae/barakah-npp/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Emirates_Nuclear_Energy_Corporation
gptkb:APR-1400
gptkb:APR-1400_reactor
gptkb:Barakah
gptkb:UAE_nuclear_energy_program
gptkb:Doosan_Heavy_Industries
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7