Talk to the man bringing nuclear power to Abu Dhabi

The UAE's nuclear company is ready to talk.

Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation, the Government-owned company building the UAE's first nuclear reactors, is putting its chief executive before the Abu Dhabi public tonight -- the first time it is doing so since before the

disaster at Japan's Fukushima power plant

in March.

The discussion marks a

shift

from the relative quiet from the UAE's nuclear authorities in the aftermath of the Japanese disaster. Enec is evidently well aware of the need to bring the population behind its plans, with a

public opinion

study commissioned last month and staff eager to

educate

everyone from the military to schoolchildren.

The town hall meeting is tonight at 7:30 p.m. in Hall A of Adnec, the exhibition centre. For more information visit

Enec's site

.