Dubai: A group of Emirati students have returned to the UAE after successfully completing a summer internship programme in nuclear technology in South Korea.
Sponsored by Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (Enec), the programme offered 10 Emirati students hands-on experience and an insight into the nuclear industry.
Enec offers these internships as the UAE builds its nuclear energy programme, with the construction of four nuclear power units.
The construction of the Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant commenced in 2012 and is progressing steadily. Unit 1 is now more than 90 per cent complete and overall construction of units 1 to 4 is now more than 68 per cent complete. All four units will deliver safe, clean, reliable and efficient nuclear energy to the UAE grid.
As part of the internship programme held in partnership with the Kepco International Nuclear Graduate School (KINGS), the students from Khalifa University of Science, Technology and Research (KUSTAR) and Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) studied at the KINGS campus in Ulsan this summer.
The internship programme sought to nurture students’ academic knowledge while simultaneously providing them with experience in the form of on-the-job training.
The students underwent a four-week Nuclear Power Familiarisation Course before commencing a two weeks on-the-job training at a variety of research facilities and institutions around South Korea.
“Through our internship programmes, Enec is proud to be able to offer great opportunities for talented students to get out of the classroom and put theory into practice. Students were introduced to specialised, technical concepts and had a chance to enhance their skills and knowledge. Initiatives, such as this programme in Korea, put students on the path to becoming key players in the UAE’s future nuclear energy sector,” said Mohammad Al Hammadi, chief executive officer of Enec.
Enec offers a wide range of scholarship-based training and development programmes for UAE nationals, which include undergraduate, postgraduate and vocational courses.
