02 September 2015
Safety
1.At ENEC, safety is our overarching priority. Nothing is more important than the safety of our site, our community and the environment.

2.In line with this commitment, ENEC has invested in a world-class Health, Safety and Environment program to ensure our site remains a safe workplace for thousands of employees every day

3.ENEC has set itself stringent targets, based on industry best-practice, for key safety indicators such as its Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate. These targets are lower than all other similar projects ENEC benchmarked against. Over the past two years, ENEC has maintained a Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate below its set target

4.Earlier this year, ENEC received the top award in the "Building Risk Management Capability" category at the Institute of Risk Management's 2015 Global Risk Awards. This award showed ENEC's commitment to the highest international standards for safety, quality and risk management.  

5.The International Advisory Board (IAB) is the body mandated to provide an expert, independent assessment of the UAE peaceful nuclear energy program, reporting directly to the leadership of the nation. On a semiannual basis, the Board reviews the UAE nuclear energy program focusing on five key areas: safety, security, non-proliferation, transparency and sustainability.

6.To date, the IAB has conducted 11 semi-annual meetings and subsequently published 11 publicly available reports on the progress the UAE program has made against its targets.

Construction:
7.Construction of the Barakah Nuclear Power Plant (Barakah NPP) is now well underway in the Western Region of Abu Dhabi, and continues to progress safely and steadily.
a.As of August 2015:
b.Unit 1 is more than 75% complete
c.Unit 2 is 53% complete
d.Units 3 & 4 - 27% complete
e.Overall construction completion rate for Units 1-4 is at 50%

8.The plant will eventually consist of four nuclear power generating units with a combined capacity of approximately 5,600 MW, providing up to 25% of our nation's electricity needs.

9.Unit 1 is scheduled for completion in 2017, with additional units following at 12 monthly intervals, with the fourth unit set to commence commercial operations in 2020, pending regulatory reviews and licensing.

10.To date, more than 1,400,000 cubic yards of concrete have already been utilized in the construction of Barakah Units 1 - 4. This is approximately 50% of the total concrete that will be used on these structures once the program is complete, and is already three times the total volume of concrete used in the Burj Khalifa (431,600 cubic yards).

11.From the pouring of first safety-related concrete for Unit 1 in 2012 until today, approximately 63 million man-hours have been invested in the construction of Barakah Units 1 - 4. This is almost three times the man-hours required to complete construction of the Burj Khalifa (22 million man-hours).

12.To date, more than 250,000 tons of reinforcing steel have already been utilized in the construction of Barakah Units 1 - 4. While installation is not yet complete this is already more than six times the total tonnage of reinforcing steel used in the Burj Khalifa (39,000 tons).

13.The meters of cable installed in Barakah (1,559 km) would stretch more than the distance between London and Rome (1,433.93km).

14.To date, more than 41,000 man-hours have been dedicated to performing rigorous quality audits on all aspects of the program.

15.In 2012, at the pouring of first safety concrete for Unit 1, Barakah had just over 1,400 construction staff at site. Today, there are more than 17,000 construction staff at the site of the UAE peaceful nuclear energy program working to safely deliver the UAE's first nuclear energy plants.

16.ENEC provides a purpose-built village for site construction staff, which contains housing and recreational facilities, retail outlets, banks, gymnasiums, mosques, medical services and sporting facilities all located within the site perimeter fence. The organization also organizes regular recreational and leisure events to ensure work-life balance for its construction staff, including various sporting events and support for a range of cultural occasions.

© Press Release 2015