Agreements
Emirates Nuclear Energy Company (ENEC) and its joint venture operating and maintenance subsidiary ENEC Operations are committed to ensuring the highest standards of nuclear quality and safety throughout the operations and maintenance of the Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant.
Both ENEC and ENEC Operations utilize a strategy to procure services and manpower from highly performing local and international companies to provide services.
The information below sets out the types of agreement that ENEC and ENEC Operations (legally called Nawah Energy Company) have entered into:
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Type of Agreement |
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Emirates Nuclear Energy Company |
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Prime Contract |
Signed in 2009 between ENEC and Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO), the Prime Contract covers the full scope of work for the construction and operation of the Barakah Plant up to Substantial Completion. |
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ENEC Operations (Legally called Nawah Energy Company) |
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Early Operations Support Agreement (EOSA) & Operational Support Services Agreement (OSSA) |
Signed in 2016 between ENEC Operations and Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power (KHNP), the EOSA and OSSA allows ENEC Operations access to experienced nuclear professionals from KHNP on a secondment basis Prior to Substantial Completion, resources are available through the EOSA with the OSSA effective at Substantial Completion. |
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Long Term Engineering Agreement (LTEA) |
Signed in 2018 between ENEC Operations and Korea Electric Power Corporation Engineering & Construction (KEPCO E&C), the LTEA provides ENEC Operations access to on-site engineering personnel and on-site and off-site engineering services. |
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Long Term Maintenance Services Agreement (LTMSA) |
Signed in 2019 between ENEC Operations and KHNP and supported by Korea Plant Service & Engineering (KPS), the LTMSA provides ENEC Operations access to qualified manpower, supervision and management under the leadership of ENEC Operation’s operations and maintenance organization. In addition, the LTMSA provides maintenance services for routine and outage maintenance activities of the Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant. |
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Maintenance Service Agreement |
Signed in 2019 between ENEC Operations and Doosan Heavy Industries (DHI), the Maintenance Service Agreement is one of the components of the established framework for providing access to qualified manpower, supervision and management under the leadership of ENEC Operation’s operations and maintenance organization, as well as providing maintenance services to support routine and outage maintenance activities. |
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Long Term Support Agreement(s) (LTSA) |
LTSAs are a series of framework agreements with other operators that allow ENEC Operations to request a range of services from established international nuclear power plant operators. Multiple agreements exist with a number of international suppliers. |
In addition to these commercial contracts, ENEC has entered into a number of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) and Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) agreements with more than 100 companies from 15 countries in order to enhance knowledge sharing, research and innovation to support the advancement of the global nuclear industry. These non-commercial agreements vary in duration and scope.