{"id":260642,"date":"2026-05-18T01:00:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T16:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/uncategorized\/2026\/05\/18\/uae-barakah-nuclear-plant-drone-attack-what-you-need-to-know-about-safety-and-operations\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T01:00:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T16:00:20","slug":"uae-barakah-nuclear-plant-drone-attack-what-you-need-to-know-about-safety-and-operations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/military\/2026\/05\/18\/uae-barakah-nuclear-plant-drone-attack-what-you-need-to-know-about-safety-and-operations\/","title":{"rendered":"UAE Barakah Nuclear Plant Drone Attack: What You Need to Know About Safety and Operations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Translation result<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"subview_title\">UAE Government Media Office says fire extinguished, no casualties<br \/>Plant systems operating normally\u2026did not identify those behind the attack<\/h2>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-union.tenbizt.com\/contents\/crawler-dev\/image\/2026\/05\/CP-2023-0067\/image-311be966-8119-4337-891c-02685148ab5a.jpeg\"><figcaption><span class=\"copyright\"><\/span><br \/>\n <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A drone struck the Barakah nuclear plant in Al Dhafra, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, igniting a fire.<\/p>\n<p>On May 17 local time, the Abu Dhabi Government Media Office (ADGO) said in an official statement that a drone hit a generator on the plant\u2019s outer perimeter inside the Barakah complex, sparking the blaze. Emergency crews responded immediately and extinguished the fire, and no casualties were reported, ADGO said.<\/p>\n<p>The UAE Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation (FANR) said core reactor systems and control facilities remained operational and that the incident had no impact on the plant\u2019s radiological safety.<\/p>\n<p>The UAE government has not publicly identified those responsible for the attack.<\/p>\n<p>Barakah is the Middle East\u2019s first commercial nuclear power plant built around Korea Electric Power Corporation\u2019s (KEPCO) APR1400 design. 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