Essay 1

                                                                                Nuclear power energy in UAE

            No doubt that Nuclear power in the United Arab Emirates is to some a modern matter. However, it will play an important role in all the life aspects of the Emiratis. The nuclear power energy started in the world early in 1894 and it has been started in the UAE since 2007. Nuclear power station will be completed in the UAE by the year of 2020.

 In United Arab Emirates generation of electricity depends mainly on the natural gas and imported materials such as coal. The UAE produces 90.6 billion kwh yearly. ‘‘Electricity demand is growing by 9% per year and is expected to require 40 GWe of capacity by 2020”  St, James's (March 2013). All the fields of development depend on electricity, in addition to the UAE relies completely on electricity to provide potable water by desalination. Consequently, the supplies of natural gas will not be sufficient to produce what the country needs from electricity. Hence, the UAE had to search for new sources of electricity.

             Nowadays the electric energy can’t face the future demands which increases as the country witnesses, a great revolution in all fields of development so there were no options for the government to start establishing nuclear power station that can supply the country with the necessary electric power. The government of the UAE has studied all the aspects and the influences of the project before giving the permission of these new nuclear stations. H.H Sheikh Khalifa, president of the UAE issued his federal low in 2009 regarding the peaceful uses of nuclear energy in the United Arab Emirates. Korea has agreed to build the first nuclear power plant in United Arab Emirates which had to be established in Barakah area about 280 km west of Abu Dhabi and this nuclear power plant will start to supply the country with electric power in 2017.

            The topic started when the UAE invited nine companies to take part in constructing the first nuclear power plant in the UAE. But three companies only discussed the terms in the middle of 2009. After that the UAE had to inform the IAEA it is desire to join the IAEA convention on nuclear safety. A group of South Korean firms has chosen to build the nuclear power plant in the UAE and H.H Sheikh Khalifa, president of the UAE signed the contract with the president of South Korean the contract states that the group of South Korean firms has to build four power station in the United Arab Emirates and the project will be completed in 2020. And the construction of these fore power plants would cost the United Arab Emirates about ( Dh 73.47 billon ) paid to the south Korean group firms. The United Arab Emirates is considered the first Arab country to start building nuclear power plant which is used in peace purposes and generating electricity in the region of the Middle East. The Barakah plant has been constructing since 2012. The United Arab Emirates government does its best to meet increasing demand for electricity in the future and they wanted to secure the country against any shortage of electricity in the future.

 Above all, the nuclear power energy will help the country in many different fields. In addition, it’s pure energy as it does not pollute the environment. These power plants will enable the United Arab Emirates to have a good position among the advanced countries of the world. The nuclear power energy will give the UAE chance to widen its industrial projects, consequently, the country will increase its exports to all the countries worldwide and at the same time the imports of the country will be reduced. On the economical level the United Arab Emirates will witness great progress in all the fit fields.

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