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Initial construction has been completed at the UAE's first power reactor, Barakah 1. The operating company, Nawah ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß Company, must gain approval from national regulators before the final stage of loading fuel and bringing it into service.

A national poll has shown that 83% of the residents of the United Arab Emirates "highly favour" ofÌýthe country's planned use of nuclear energy as part of its electricity generation mix. The UAE's Emirates Nuclear ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß Corporation, which commissioned market research company Kantar TNS to conduct the survey, said today the figure was an increase of 13% since the last poll conducted in 2013.

Construction work at Barakah 3 in the United Arab Emirates has passed two milestones with the completion of reactor coolant loop pipe welding and the reactor containment building dome structure. The coolant loop work has set a new industry benchmark for quality in pipe welding.

Nuclear power will play an important role in meeting the world's future energy needs, International Atomic ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß Agency director general Yukiya Amano told the ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß Government Summit in Dubai yesterday.

The final condenserÌýat the United Arab Emirates' Barakah nuclear power plant has been installed, the Emirates Nuclear ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß Corporation (Enec) announced today. The condenser cools the steam produced in the reactor's steam generators back into water after it has been used to spin the plant's generator turbine.

The Barakah nuclear power plant has received licences to transport, handle and store nuclear fuel from the United Arab Emirates' Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation (FANR). The licences are a milestone towards the loading of fuel into the country's first nuclear power plant.

The United Arab Emirates has unveiled plans to increase the contribution of "clean energy" in its total energy mix to 50% by 2050. The UAE's new energy strategy sees half of the country's energy coming from renewables and nuclear, with the remaining half coming from fossil fuels.

Construction of the third and fourth units at the United Arab Emirates' Barakah project has passed the half way point, the Emirates Nuclear ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß Corporation has announced. Overall construction of the four-unit nuclear power plant is now around 75% complete.

The Abu Dhabi Water and Electric CompanyÌýhas signed the first agreement to purchase electricity generated from the United Arab Emirates' Barakah nuclear power plant, the Emirates Nuclear ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß Company announced today.

The Emirates Nuclear ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß Corporation and the Korea Electric Power Corporation have today signed a joint venture agreement for "long-term partnership and cooperation in the UAE's peaceful nuclear energy program". The two companies also announced establishment of Barakah One PJSC, an independent subsidiary they jointly own, which will "represent the commercial and financial interests" of the Barakah project.

Installation of the steam generators has been completed at unit 3 of the Barakah nuclear power plant under construction in the United Arab Emirates. All four units at the site should be in operation by 2020.

Nuclear experts from Korea Hydro and Nuclear PowerÌýwill support operations at the United Arab Emirates' Barakah nuclear power plant through its first decade under an Operating Support Services AgreementÌýsigned by KHNP and the Emirates Nuclear ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß Corporation.