UAE-based cable manufacturer Ducab has won a maiden order to supply an international nuclear power project after it was selected by Korean Hydro-Nuclear Power Co (KHNP) to supply its nuclear power-qualified cable range, NuBICC for the Shin Hanul 1 & 2 Nuclear power plant under construction in South Korea.
Ducab chairman Dr Ahmad Bin Hassan Al Shaikh said the company had held off stiff competition from internationally renowned companies to win the contract.
“Our national leadership has consistently encouraged us to constantly innovate and show the best of the UAE to the outside world, and being a part of a nationally-critical project in Korea with KHNP shows that Ducab has now emerged in the region to stand alongside the best-known and leading cable manufacturers in the world,” he said.
Seok Cho, chief executive officer of KHNP, said: “We would like to congratulate Ducab for this important milestone for the industrial sector of the UAE. Providing nuclear-grade materials is the highest form of quality mark and this is a major achievement.”
KHNP is a wholly owned subsidiary of Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) which is building the UAE’s first nuclear power plant at Barakah in Abu Dhabi.
The first of four 1,400MW reactors is due to come on stream in 2017 and the plant will be capable of supplying around a quarter of the UAE’s power demand when fully commissioned in 2020.