UAE connects second unit of Barakah plant to national grid

The Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) said it has connected Unit 2 of the Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant in late August, reported the national news agency WAM on Tuesday.

This means that the plant is delivering "the first megawatts of carbon-free electricity from the second of four units at the Barakah Plant."

'After the safe and successful start-up of Unit 2 on 27thg August 2021, the Barakah Plant became the first multi-unit operating nuclear plant in the UAE and Arab World," said the news agency.