Energy: Emirati, the first nuclear reactor in the 2018
The first reactor of the "Barakah" nuclear power plant in the United Arab Emirates, destined for power generation, will be operational in 2018. Energy Minister Emirate Souhail al Mazroui confirmed, adding that "this is the first of the four reactors, and will definitely be put into service next year." "The first reactor is complete at 96 per cent," the minister said. The United Arab Emirates has been forced to postpone the launch of the reactor initially planned for within 2017 due to a series of delays in issuing licenses to the company in charge of managing the plant in accordance with international security standards, Nawah , a joint venture between the Emirates Nuclear Energy Company (Enec) and the Korean Kepco. According to the report by journalists from the Emirate Energy Minister, Nawah will be licensed in the 2018 year in which the reactor will commence. The emirate minister stated that the second and third reactors have a degree of completion of 86 and 76 percent, respectively.
While the fourth reactor has a degree of completion of the 54 per cent. Emirates authorities have launched an ambitious nuclear program that involves the construction of four nuclear power plants and estimated $ 20 billion. The structure of Barakah is a fission plant using the pressurized water system. Energy production occurs through a separate or dual circuit, where the turbine fluid does not pass through the core of the reactor. According to estimates nuclear power will contribute by 25 per cent to the non-hydrocarbon-based energy mix within the 2021. According to the Hamad al-Emirates media, Kaabi, Permanent Representative of the United Arab Emirates to the International Atomic Energy Agency (Aiea), the nuclear fuel that will fuel the reactors will be purchased from South Korea, Russia, France and the United States US. Kaabi reported that the Emirates are examining various possibilities for disposal of radioactive waste produced by reactors. One of the hypothesis is the creation of storage sites directly in the country, while another possibility is to send waste for the treatment process abroad and then re-import into the country small volumes to be reintroduced into the system. "All of these scenarios are currently under discussion," Kaabi said. According to the new energy program for 2050, the Emirate Government has provided an energy mix that includes the 44 per cent clean energy, 38 per hundred gases, 12 per cent clean coal and 6 per hundred nuclear power. The strategy also aims to reduce the consumption of energy per inhabitant and company by the 40 per cent and will be implemented in three phases: the first aims to accelerate energy consumption and diversify resources; the second involves the search for new solutions that can be integrated with development and transport needs; the third phase will focus on the research and development of energy sources that will enable sustainable development.
Source Nova Agency