Oil-rich UAE opens the Arab world’s first nuclear power plant | CNN.com – RSS Channel – Regions – Middle East By Survivability News Editor On Aug 13, 2020 - 12:03 208 The United Arab Emirates has launched a nuclear energy plant on Saturday, the first such project in the oil-rich Arab world. The United Arab Emirates has launched a nuclear energy plant on Saturday, the first such project in the oil-rich Arab world.