First Ducab Cables Consignment Delivered to Barakah Power Plant on Time

The Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation ( ENEC) has announced that the first consignment of locally-produced non-class 1E cable has been delivered to the UAE's nuclear plants under construction in Barakah.

The cables have been manufactured and supplied by the Dubai Cable Company Ltd. ( Ducab ) and will be used for non-class 1E power and lighting in the four units at the Barakah nuclear site. The cables are of the highest quality and have successfully passed the 60-year operating life qualification test. ENEC 's Equipment Qualification (EQ) team witnessed the final part of the 8-month long-term test, conducted in Kinectrics Inc. in Toronto, Canada, on 8 January 2014, to confirm that the different cable types meet ENEC 's stringent operational and safety requirements.

The first shipment of 324,000ft of Non-Class 1E cables out of the total 16 million feet on order was delivered to ENEC on 31 January 2014, as per the first Release to Manufacture (RTM). These cables will be used for Unit 1 at Barakah, the site of the UAE's first nuclear energy plants, where construction work is underway.


A delegation of senior officials from Ducab visited the Barakah site on this occasion and was welcomed by Mohamed Al Hammadi, Chief Executive Officer at ENEC . The Ducab delegation was headed by Eng. Jamal Al Dhaheri, Chairman of Ducab.

One of the largest manufacturers of power cables and copper products in the Middle East, Ducab is equally owned by the governments of Abu Dhabi and Dubai. The company was established in 1979 by the Dubai government as a joint venture with BICC Cables. Ducab currently supplies high-quality power cables and accessories to customers in 40 countries across the world.

Now with three cable manufacturing site facilities across Abu Dhabi and Dubai, Ducab has a manufacturing capability of over 110,000 metric tonnes of high, medium and low voltage cables and wires per annum. The company was also the preferred cable supplier for landmark UAE projects such as the Emirates Palace, Abu Dhabi airport, Burj Khalifa, the Dubai Metro and Palm Jumeriah. 

source wireworld