Al Bilad newspaper UAE: The gradual operation of the fourth reactor in “Barakah” begins during March – 2024-02-13 23:39:32

Hamad Al Kaabi, Permanent Representative of the UAE to the International Atomic Energy Agency, confirmed the gradual start of operation of the fourth reactor at the Barakah Nuclear Power Plant during March according to the current schedule, explaining that the gradual operation begins with raising the energy level in the reactor until it reaches full commercial operation during the current year. .

In statements to the Emirates News Agency, WAM, on the sidelines of the World Government Summit 2024 in Dubai, he pointed to the impressive success achieved by the nuclear sector at the twenty-eighth session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention on Climate Change (COP28), which was held in Dubai at the end of last year.

He said that the conference succeeded in adopting many multilateral initiatives and decisions regarding clean energy, pledging to take practical measures towards the transition to clean energy, and recognizing nuclear energy as a main source for the transition and transition to clean energy and confronting climate change.

The UAE’s Permanent Representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency said that the strategic partnership between the UAE and the Agency was embodied in the joint work to develop the UAE’s peaceful nuclear energy program, as the UAE has received during the past years a lot of technical support from the Agency’s experts in terms of supporting the nuclear infrastructure and continuous evaluation. Emirates activities and programmes.