Research Article

Technical Options and Cost Estimates for Spent Nuclear Fuel Management at the Barakah Nuclear Power Plants

Table 1

Overview of Barakah site reactors and expected shutdown dates [40].

NPPGross capacity (MWe)Reactor typeConstruction start dateCommercial operationYear of shutdown

Barakah-11400PWR07-201208-202008-2080
Barakah-21400PWR04-2013 06-202206-2082
Barakah-31400PWR09-201410-202310-2083
Barakah-41400PWR07-201504-202404-2084

Expectation.