Hamad Alkaabi

Permanent Representative of the UAE to the IAEA

UAE Nuclear Power Programme :

Status and Update

Technical Meeting on Topical Issues in the Development of

Nuclear Power Infrastructure

Vienna, 3rd Feb 2015

Background on Developing National Position: UAE Electricity Demand

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Evaluation of future energy sources options : After energy studies were conducted, nuclear power emerged as a

proven, environmentally attractive and cost-competitive electricity-

generation option.

UAE Programme Development

Nuclear Policy

2008

Creation of Nuclear Regulator, Nuclear

Operator, adoption of Federal Nuclear Law,

Prime Contractor Selected

2009

Construction of Unit 1 begins

2012

Construction of Unit 2 begins

2013

Construction of Unit 3 begins

2014

Commissioning of Unit 1,

followed by other Units

2017

FANR Achievements

The Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation (FANR) monitors the UAE

nuclear sector in the areas of safety, security, radiation protection and

safeguards, taking into account IAEA standards.

Achievements:

•Received, Assessed and Approved Construction License for Barakah

Units 1 and 2 in July 2012

•Received, Assessed and Approved Construction License for Barakah

Units 3 and 4 in September 2014

•Issued 14 regulations and ten regulatory guides to date

•Up to 2013, FANR has issued 2,889 permits for the import or export of

regulated material

•In 2013, FANR issued 130 new licences and made 140 amendments to

existing licences to conduct regulated activities using regulated material

in different fields.

• Established the country’s State System of Accounting for and Control

of Nuclear Material (SSAC)

Implementing International Instruments

The UAE has concluded all relevant international agreements and

conventions.

In 2014, the UAE joined the Convention on Supplementary Compensation for

Nuclear Damage, nuclear liability conventions

Nuclear safety convention

Safeguards and non-proliferation including the additional protocol ,

Physical protection

UAE Government submitted its 2nd

National Report to the 6th Review

Meeting of the Convention on

Nuclear Safety (CNS) in March

2014, highlighting its implementation

of obligations under the CNS to

strengthen national nuclear safety

measures.

Cooperation with the IAEA

Through the Technical Cooperation projects delivered by the IAEA, the UAE has been

receiving useful training and technologies to establish robust national capabilities

• A significant increase in number of UAE participants in IAEA activities up to 2014

The Integrated Work Plan for the UAE, enables all IAEA departments to address the

schedule and needs for implementation of the UAE nuclear power programme.

UAE also participates

• in IAEA-hosted meetings to strengthen its national infrastructure (eg. Senior

Regulator’s Meeting, Commission on Safety Standards, among others)

• In hosting IAEA activities

IAEA Peer Review Services

UAE experts support IAEA International Peer Review Services, both

through sending local experts to review missions in other countries

and receiving missions to assess UAE programme.

To date, the UAE has received

IAEA Integrated Nuclear Infrastructure Review (INIR) mission in

January 2011

IAEA Integrated Regulatory Review Service (IRRS) mission in

December 2011

IAEA Safeguards Advisory Service (ISSAS) mission in May 2014

Three preparatory missions hosted in 2014 (pre-IRRS follow-up,

pre-EPREV and pre-OSART)

Overall Peer Review Mission schedule

Acronym Full name UAE status

INIR Integrated Nuclear Infrastructure Review Mission Hosted in January 2011

INIR Phase 3 INIR during phase 3 of the ‘milestone approach’ To be hosted in 2015

IRRS Integrated Regulatory Review Service Hosted in December 2011

Pre-IRRS follow-

up

Preparatory mission for the follow-up IRRS Hosted in September 2014

IRRS follow-up Follow-up mission to the IRRS To be held in February 2015

Pre-ISSAS Preparatory mission to the ISSAS Hosted in December 2013

ISSAS International SSAC Advisory Service Hosted in May 2014

Pre-EPREV Emergency Preparedness Review preparatory mission Hosted in October 2014

EPREV Emergency Preparedness Review Mission To be held in March 2015

Pre-ORPAS Preparatory mission to the Occupational Radiation

Protection Appraisal Service

Hosted in September 2014

ORPAS Occupational Radiation Protection Appraisal Service To be held in October 2015

IPPAS International Physical Protection Advisory Service To be held in 2016

Pre-OSART Preparatory mission for the Operational Safety Review

Team programme

To be held in 2016

OSART Operational Safety Review Team programme To be held after operation starts

Follow-up

OSART

Follow-up mission to the OSART 12-18 months after regular

OSART

Construction work update

Unit 1 overall progress:

61.7%

Construction work update

Unit 1 & 2 overall progress:

55.7%

Unit 3 & 4 overall progress:

19.4%

Overall progress in all

units 1, 2, 3 & 4:

40.5%

Additional on-site progress

In April 2014, ENEC inaugurated the Simulator Training Centre at Barakah •The first of its kind in the Middle East

•The simulator replicates the actual conditions and environment that reactor

operators would experience in a real time situation

•Each student requires more than 800 hours of advanced simulator training to

receive the SRO certification, which FANR controls and issues

Construction work update

In May 2014, the Reactor Vessel for Unit 1 in place in line with the

project’s timeline.

Construction work update

In September 2014, ENEC celebrated the pouring of the first

safety concrete for Unit 3 at Barakah, following the receipt of the

Construction License from FANR.

Construction work update

In December 2014, the concrete dome for the Unit 1 Reactor

Containment Building was completed.

Milestones 2015

March

Submit Units 1 and 2 Operating

License Application (OLA) to FANR

July

Start Reactor Vessel Installation for Unit 2

October

Energize Transmission Substation for Unit 1

November

Pour First Safety Concrete for Unit 4

ENEC Milestones 2015

Milestones 2016-2020

OCTOBER

Fuel Loading

MAY

Complete Unit 2

MAY

Complete Unit 1

MAY

Complete Unit 3

MAY

Complete Unit 4

Human Capacity Building

UAE is building its nuclear cadre through nuclear

education and training : Scholarship programmes (ENEC and FANR)

Nuclear-related workshops, courses, programmes (eg. GNEII)

Hosting IAEA Nuclear Energy Management School and training

Cyber Learning Platform (CLP4NET) installed at Khalifa

University

• In May 2014, the first batch of 13 local operators returned from

South Korea after completing specialized training programmes.

• In September 2014, ENEC celebrated the graduation of 46

students from ENEC’s scholarships programme, including

Bachelors, Masters and HDNT

Total number of scholars: 375

Higher Diploma in Nuclear Technology: 196

Master of Nuclear Engineering: 171

PhD in Nuclear Engineering: 1

Capacity building

ENEC Recruitment Statistics:

Total number of employees: 1400 from 25 different nationalities

Number of Emirati employees: 876 (Emiratis account for more than 60% of the

total number of ENEC employees)

Percentage of female employees at ENEC is more than 21%.

By 2020, ENEC expects to require approximately 2,500 employees to

operate the UAE’s four nuclear power plants

ENEC Workforce Statistics:

Currently, the total number of workers at the Barakah site is

approximately 15,000

Total Man-Hours since the beginning of the project is 87,865,137 Hours

FANR Staffing:

As of December 2013, FANR had 151 staff members of which 49%

were Emirati.

Outreach and Public acceptance

UAE communicates transparently on a constant basis with its

residents, employees, government agencies and the

international community through:

ENEC and FANR Public Forums

Social Media: Twitter, YouTube, Instagram and Flickr

Monthly electronic Newsletters

UAE Permanent Mission official website

UAE nuclear energy programme exhibitions worldwide

82% of UAE

residents are

positive and

in favour of

nuclear

energy in

their country

Thank you!