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SER Summary-CLA Barakah Units 1&2
5.3 Review of Compliance with General Requirements
In the application letter ENA/FANR/10/0044L/LNP, “Construction License Application, Braka
Nuclear Power Plant Units 1 and 2 (BNPP 1&2),” December 27, 2010, ENEC provided
information about compliance with applicable laws of the state and the regulations of the
Authority stating that the Facility will be “designed, constructed and operated in accordance
with the UAE Nuclear Law and FANR Regulations,” which is further supported by reference
to information provided in PSAR Chapters 14 and 17. ENEC provided details covering its
legal establishment through Law No. (21) of 2009 as a juridical entity approved by the
Government of Abu Dhabi, and covering its ownership and management structure with
identification of directors and principal officers empowered to act in its behalf.
ENEC’s application letter provided information about its financial and technical qualifications
to complete the proposed activities in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.
Reference was made to Article 6 of Abu Dhabi Law No. (21) of 2009 which states that the
share capital for ENEC is “paid in full” by the Government of Abu Dhabi and that the ENEC
Board acting through the Executive Council shall be authorised to reduce, increase, or
otherwise amend or restructure the Corporations Capital in the manner that might assist the
Corporation in achieving its objectives. The application letter states that ENEC and Khalifa
University are cooperating in education, training, and recruitment to ensure that human
resources needs are met during all stages of development.
Chapter 1 of the PSAR describes the primary contractors responsible for the siting, design,
construction, and operations of the nuclear power plant. In addition, Chapter 17 of the
PSAR and the supplementary application materials further describe these organizations and
their responsibilities. A schedule outlining the major construction phases and milestones is
provided in PSAR Table 1.1-2.
FANR concludes that the application letter along with supplemental application materials
demonstrate the compliance with relevant regulatory requirements, contained in
FANR-REG-06, Article 4.
5.4 Chapter 1 – Introduction and General Description of
Plant
Chapter 1 of the PSAR describes the project organization, schedule, site, and facility design.
The facility description includes plant layout drawings; a comparison with facilities of similar
design; identification of references incorporated into the application; and a listing of industry
codes, standards, and regulatory guides applied to the facility. The Barakah Units 1 and 2
design is based on the Shin-Kori Units 3 and 4 nuclear power plant currently under
construction in the Republic of Korea (Korea). The plant consists of a 2-loop pressurized
water reactor (PWR) contained within a pre-stressed cylindrical concrete containment. The
thermal output of each reactor plant is 4,000 MWt within an electrical generating capacity of
1,390 MWe for each unit. The plant design life is 60 years. All of these key design features
are identical to the Shin-Kori Units 3 and 4 (reference plant).
The PSAR describes a number of changes to the reference plant design that accommodate
the differences between the Barakah and reference plant site environmental conditions. In
addition, a number of design changes are necessary to accommodate the UAE electrical
power grid which operates at a frequency of 50 Hertz (Hz) as compared to the 60 Hz system
in Korea. Barakah Units 1 and 2 have a requirement to be able to withstand impacts of a