Press Releases

  • Nawah Celebrates First UAE Nationals Graduate from Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant Management Certification Program

    Nawah Energy Company (Nawah) recently celebrated the graduation of the first UAE National leaders from its Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant Management Certification program.

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  • Unit 1 of Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant Reaches 80% Power as Power Ascension Testing Continues

    Nawah Energy Company (Nawah), the Joint Venture nuclear operations and maintenance subsidiary and Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO), announced today that the reactor of Unit 1 of the Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant has achieved 80% of the Unit 1 reactor’s rated capacity power.

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  • Unit 1 of Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant reaches 50% Power as UAE delegation participates in 64th IAEA General Conference

    Nawah Energy Company (Nawah), the Joint Venture nuclear operations and maintenance subsidiary of the Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) and Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO), announced today that the reactor of Unit 1 of the Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant has achieved 50% of its electricity production capacity.

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  • ADNOC Distribution Joins Key UAE Suppliers Qualified to Provide Nuclear Quality Products for Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant

    The Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) and its subsidiary responsible for the operation and maintenance of the Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant, Nawah Energy Company (Nawah), have marked a key milestone in their joint efforts to develop the UAE’s nuclear energy supply chain with the qualification of ADNOC Distribution as the first local supplier of petroleum products.

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  • Nawah Energy Company appoints Ali Al Hammadi as Chief Executive Officer

    Nawah Energy Company (Nawah), the Joint Venture nuclear operations and maintenance subsidiary of the Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) and Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO), announced today the appointment of Eng. Ali Al Hammadi, as the company’s new Chief Executive Officer (CEO).

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  • Nawah Energy Company Receives Operating License for Unit 1 of Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant, and commences fuel load

    Nawah Energy Company (Nawah), the subsidiary of the Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) responsible for operating and maintaining the Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant, has received the Operating License for Unit 1 from the Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation (FANR). Following receipt, Nawah has commenced loading the first nuclear fuel assemblies as the initial step in the process towards safely and gradually commencing operations and subsequent generation of clean electricity.

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  • Nawah Energy Company receives Unit 1 Operating License from FANR

    Nawah is pleased to confirm that on 17 February 2020, received the Operating License for Unit 1 of the Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant in Abu Dhabi, UAE, on 17 February 2020.

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  • World Association of Nuclear Operators Confirms Barakah Unit 1 Readiness for Start Up

    The Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC), and its subsidiary Nawah Energy Company (Nawah), announced today that an extensive operational readiness assessment performed by an international team of nuclear industry experts from the Atlanta Center of the World Association of Nuclear Operators (WANO) has concluded that Unit 1 of the Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant in Abu Dhabi is ready to start up.

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