Ducab, the UAE-based leading producer of high-quality cable and cabling products; which is 50 per cent owned by Senaat and 50 percent owned by Investment Corporation Dubai (ICD), has actually revealed that its nuclear power-qualified cable television range, NuBICC was selected by the Korean Hydro-Nuclear Power Co. (KHNP) for the Shin Hanul 1 & 2 Nuclear power plant under construction currently. This project win, follows considerable screening and qualifications. It represents the first global nuclear job for Ducab, building on their effective nuclear cable supply engagement with the UAE's Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC).

The delivery of these cables builds on a strong history of development by Ducab, which has actually been regularly matched by a mindful undertaking to adopt and stick to all appropriate and strict global industry standards and certifications. Nuclear power cables are extremely demanding items within the electrical cabling industry, and Ducab's Nuclear cables supplied to Barakah Power Plant in UAE have actually been checked and gotten approved for 60 year running life.

Mr. Seok Cho, Chief Executive Officer of KHNP, stated: "We would like to congratulate Ducab for this important milestone for the industrial sector of the UAE. Providing nuclear-grade products is the highest kind of quality mark and this is a significant achievement. For a maker to reach the level where their nuclear cables have actually been evaluated and qualified in a highly reputed lab in North America, shows strong visionary leadership and a pursuit for quality. Thinking about the sensitive and crucial needs of a nuclear power center, we performed a correct audit and are happy to announce that Ducab got nominated for the tender bid among worldwide competitors."

Dr. Ahmad Bin Hassan Al Shaikh, Chairman, Ducab, said: "Our Nuclear cable group at Ducab worked hard to win this contract against well-established global competition.This project win by Ducab is a matter of pride for the company, as well as for the whole manufacturing and commercial sector in the UAE. Our national leadership has regularly encouraged us to constantly innovate and reveal the best of the UAE to the outside world, and belonging of a nationally-critical task in Korea with KHNP reveals that Ducab has actually now emerged in the region to stand along with the best-known and prominent cable producers worldwide."

KHNP has a strong history with the UAE in regards to partnership on sophisticated nuclear power plant innovation, and they have actually developed a strong relationship with UAE's ENEC around knowledge transfer, training, operations and more. The UAE's nuclear power energy ENEC have actually discovered a strong partner in KHNP, and that they selected a UAE cable maker for their own cable requirements in Korea shows the trust reposed in the advances and professionalism of the nuclear power and ancillary sectors in the UAE.

Ducab is the first cable producer in the Middle East area to introduce and qualify 60-year, sustainable halogen-free cables satisfying the most onerous cable testing requirements like IEEE widespread in North America, that have actually been customized and adapted in the UAE's very first 4 Nuclear power plants. This qualification guarantees the client ENEC a trustworthy efficiency of the cable over the life time of the 60 year operation nuclear plant. The cable installed all over the balance of plant, will not release smoke or hazardous fumes, in case of a fire and will not enable it to propagate.