Following on from receipt of the Operating License from the Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation (FANR) in February 2020, and the completion of the first fuel loading in March 2020, Nawah has achieved first criticality of Unit 1 of the Barakah plant in the early hours of Friday 31 July 2020. First Criticality is a step in the process to achieving commercial operations, scheduled for next year.
More news will be announced shortly.