US nuclear engineering firm sets up in Abu Dhabi

A US nuclear engineering firm has set up shop in Abu Dhabi to service the lucrative Middle East market.

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Engineering, nuclear licensing, environmental, technical and management services firm Enercon of the US has established an office in Abu Dhabi, as well as in Brussels.

Enercon president John Richardson said: "Our new plant services division has opened offices in Europe and the Middle East to respond to the growing demand for superior services in engineering, licensing, operations and outage support.

"The opening of these two offices focuses resources on developing business in new nuclear power markets in Europe, especially Central Europe, and the Middle East, where a number of countries are looking to develop new nuclear power programs, or expand their existing nuclear power programmes in light of the Fukushima accident," said Richardson.

Many countries recognise that nuclear power is an essential element in improving energy security and in reducing carbon emissions that can contribute to global warming, he added.

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Enercon provides a range of professional services to private, public, and government sector clients throughout the US. It has 19 US offices and over 1,200 professionals.

Last year, Engineering News Record (ENR) ranked Enercon in the top 200 of all international design firms and third in the US for nuclear plant design firms.