The MoUs with the Nuclear Energy Operations Research Institute and the China National Nuclear Corporation overseas were signed by Ahmed Al Mazrouei, Executive Director of Fuel Procurement and Analysis at ENEC, and his Chinese counterparts.
The first MoU will focus on cooperation opportunities between the two parties in the field of operation and maintenance of nuclear energy, while the second MoU will focus on cooperation in the field gas-cooled high-temperature reactors.
He also signed the MoU with China Nuclear Energy Industry Corporation, Dr Mohamed Jouka, Deputy Executive Director of the Nuclear Fuel Department of the Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation, and the MoU will focus on potential cooperation in supply and investment in nuclear fuel.
The organization is headquartered in the UK capital, London, and its more than 120 members operate 430 nuclear power plants in 30 countries around the world.
The Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation is responsible for the development of the Barakah nuclear power plants.
China has 56 nuclear power plants in the commercial operation phase, in addition to another 20 plants under construction.
China has announced a $440 billion investment program to build 150 new nuclear power plants over the next fifteen years to improve the country’s energy security and sustainability.
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