The plant will be one of four that a consortium headed by the Korean Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) will build and manage in the UAE.
Bechtel will provide project support to KEPCO subsidiary KEPCO E&C both in Seoul, Korea, and at the project site in Braka, which is in the western region of Abu Dhabi.
The first UAE nuclear power plant is slated to be completed in 2017.
Bechtel nuclear division president Carl Rau said that this project continues its tradition of working on first-of-its kind projects around the world.
Bechtel have been working with KEPCO since the 1950s, when Bechtel was first commissioned to build the DangIn-Ri power plant in Korea.
