The Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (Enec) has signed an agreement with US-based nuclear technology company General Atomics (GA) to explore opportunities to cooperate on the use of advanced technologies and materials for nuclear energy supply.

Enec said in a statement that as part of the agreement Enec and GA Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) will investigate the potential for collaboration, including the use of GA-EMS’ SiGA silicon-carbide cladding for nuclear reactor applications and Fast Modular Reactor (FMR) designs.