[8] Barakah was chosen as the site to build four APR-1400 nuclear reactors successively, with the first scheduled to start supplying electricity in 2017.

[16] The plant's ground-breaking ceremony was held on 14 March 2011, including Korean President Lee Myung-bak.

[3] In March 2015, ENEC applied to Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation (FANR) for operating licences for Units 1 and 2.

[30] In January 2020 it was announced that fuel loading would commence that quarter, about 2.5 years later than the original planned date of August 2017.

FANR had raised 400 adverse findings in a review requiring rectification of various technical, organisational and management issues.

[33] time (years) On September 9, 2024, the United Arab Emirates and India signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for civil nuclear cooperation.

[50][51] In March 2019, Qatar lodged a letter of complaint to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) regarding the Barakah nuclear power plant, stating concerns about its safety and lack of co-operation with regional states on the project as well as that it poses a serious threat to regional stability and the environment.