Bechtel for 'first-of-its-kind' nuclear project
17 Dec 2010
Frederick, Maryland – Bechtel is to provide design and project management support services for the first commercial nuclear power plant in the Middle East.
The plant will be one of four that a consortium headed by the Korean Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO) will build and manage in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Bechtel will provide project support to KEPCO subsidiary KEPCO E&C both in Seoul, Korea, and at the project site in Braka, which is in the western region of Abu Dhabi.
The first UAE nuclear power plant is scheduled to be completed in 2017.
“This project continues Bechtel’s tradition of working on first-of-its kind projects around the world,” claimed Carl Rau, president of Bechtel’s nuclear division.
“We have worked with KEPCO since the 1950s, when it first commissioned Bechtel to build the DangIn-Ri power plant in Korea,” he added.
