H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Ruler's Representative in the Western Region, has confirmed that the major infrastructure projects currently being implemented the Western Region are fully suited to meet the economic and social needs of the community, and will support the rapid pace of development in the region.

Sheikh Hamdan emphasised the necessity of advancing towards the goals of the Al Gharbia 2030 Plan, which aims to achieve sustainable development in the Western Region. This development will be reflected in the community’s quality of life and will reaffirm the directives of President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan and His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, on the need to improve infrastructure and services in the Western Region to ensure the continued prosperity of its residents.

Sheikh Hamdan's comments came at a ceremony organised by the Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) to mark the installation of its second Reactor Vessel (RV) at Barakah, in the Western Region of Abu Dhabi, where the UAE’s first nuclear energy plant is currently under construction.

The installation is a critical milestone in the continued progress and delivery of the country’s second nuclear energy unit and follows the successful completion of the Barakah Unit 1 RV in May 2014.

"I am proud to be here in Barakah today to witness the delivery of yet another safe and on-time milestone in the UAE’s peaceful nuclear energy programme," said Sheikh Hamdan.

"Safe, clean and reliable nuclear energy has an important role to play in the future of our nation and in the Western Region in particular. The role of the peaceful nuclear energy programme in the Western Region is instrumental and will bring many benefits, from the creation of high-value job opportunities to the emergence of a sophisticated new industrial sector to support operations in Barakah," He explained.

He added, "The UAE attaches the highest priority to the principle of total transparency in the development and operation of our nuclear program. That principle is one of the main elements of national policy in the development of nuclear energy programs."

Sheikh Hamdan arrived at the Barakah site accompanied by Sheikha Lubna bint Khalid Al Qasimi, Minister of International Cooperation and Development (MICAD), Khaldoon Khalifa Al Mubarak, Chairman of the Executive Affairs Authority Chairman of the Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation, Nasser Ahmed Alsowaidi, Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Energy Authority, Dr. Mugheer Khamis Al Khaili, Chairman of the Health Authority of Abu Dhabi, Saeed Eid Al Ghafli, Chairman of Department of Municipal Affairs, Major General Mohammed Khalfan Al Romaithi, Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Abu Dhabi Police, Mohamed Hamad bin Azzan Al Mazrouei, Undersecretary of the Ruler's Representative Court in the Western Region, Staff Major General Pilot Faris Khalaf Khalfan Al Mazrouei, Chairman of the Critical Infrastructure and Coastal Protection Authority, and Sultan bin Khalfan Al Rumaithi, Deputy Undersecretary Director of the Office of Ruler's Representative in Western Region of the Court of the Ruler's Representative in the Western Region, Engineer Atiq Khamis Hamad Al Mazrouei, Acting Director General of Western Region Municipality, Salem Issa Al Mazrouei, Chief Executive Officer of Al Gharbia HospitalsDirector of the Western Region Hospitals, Colonel Ajil Al Junaibi, Director of the Western Region Police, Saeed Fadhel Al Mazrooei, CEO of UAE Operations at Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA)., Awaidha Murshed Al Murar, Acting CEO of the Abu Dhabi General Services Company (Musanada), and a number of members of the board of the Emirates Nuclear Energy Company.

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