Emirates Steel Makes the 'Nuclear Grade' with 5,000-Ton, Q-Class Rebar Shipment

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Written by Richard Finlayson, Senior International Editor for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC), the nuclear power development company of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), has received the first shipment of nuclear-grade reinforcing steel from Emirates Steel Industries (ESI).

ESI is the only steelmaker in the Middle East and North African (MENA) region qualified to supply Q-class (nuclear quality) reinforcing steel to the UAE nuclear energy program. It is the fourth company in the world to be approved by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) to produce nuclear rebar.

The reinforcing steel was tested by ERICO International Corporation (Solon, Ohio), a leading global manufacturer of engineered products designed for applications in the electrical, mechanical, rail and utility markets.

Following the achievement of the ASME certification, the first order of 45,000 tons of rebar, 5,000 tons of which are Q-class, has been delivered to the project site at Barakah in the Western Region of Abu Dhabi. Further orders will be placed over the course of the next seven years as the construction of ENEC's four nuclear energy plants progresses. Previously, the project received Q-class reinforced steel from South Korea, as no local manufacturers had ASME approval.

ENEC's industrial development team is working with KEPCO (Yongin, South Korea) and UAE companies to ensure they meet strict quality and technical standards. More than 200 local UAE companies now supply product and services for the nuclear build program and have received more than $1 billion in contracts to date.

ENEC CEO Saeed Ghumran Al Romaithi said that it took more than two years for ESI to make the grade and implement a nuclear quality system that would allow the company to manufacture and supply nuclear quality products to the UAE's peaceful nuclear energy program.

For related information, see September 4, 2013, article - Emirates Steel High End Product Break into American and European Markets, and May 6, 2013, article - Japan Joins UAE's Nuclear Cooperation Queue as South Korea Build First Reactor

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