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El-Dabaa Nuclear Power Plant Project Construction Phase Begins in Egypt

The “first concrete” pouring for the El-Dabaa Nuclear Power Plant Unit 1 has been performed by Alexey Likhachev, Rosatom Director General, and Mohamed Shaker, Egyptian Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy at a ceremony held to commemorate the historic event.

Dr. Amged El-Wakeel, Board Chairman of the Nuclear Power Plants Authority of Egypt  (NPPA), the owner and future operator of the El-Dabaa Nuclear Power Plant, awarded honorary plaques commemorating the first concrete pouring to His Excellency Dr. Mohamed Shaker, Egyptian Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy, Major-General Khaled Shoeib, the Governor of Matrouh, where the project is being built, Dr. Samy Shaaban Attallah, Chairman of the Egyptian Nuclear and Radiological Regulatory Authority (ENRRA), Alexey Likhachev, Rosatom Director General, Alexander Korchagin, Senior Vice President of ASE JSC and Grigory Sosnin, Vice President of ASE JSC and General Supervisor of the El-Dabaa NPP Project Management.

Mohamed Shaker and Alexey Likhachev also awarded members of the joint Russian-Egyptian project team in recognition of their outstanding efforts with commemorative medals.

Earlier, on 29 June 2022, ahead of schedule, the ENRRA issued the construction permit for the El-Dabaa Nuclear Power Plant Unit 1, allowing concrete pouring to commence.

“The construction launch at the El-Dabaa NPP Unit 1 means that Egypt has joined the nuclear club. Rosatom will build cutting-edge power units of VVER-1200 design in the Arab Republic of Egypt. We have gained experience constructing and operating NPPs with such reactors both in Russia and abroad. Construction of the nuclear power plant will allow Egypt to reach a new level of technology, industry and education development.

The plant will be the largest project of the Russian-Egyptian cooperation since the Aswan High Dam. Having its own nuclear energy industry has been a dream for the Egyptian people for more than half-a-century, and it is a great honor for Rosatom to make this dream come true,” Alexey Likhachev noted emphasizing the significance of the event.

Amged El-Wakeel, Board Chairman of the NPPA, welcomed the attendees and stated: “I would like to welcome all of you in today’s ceremony arranged to commemorate the pouring of the first concrete for the El-Dabaa Nuclear Power Plant Unit 1, which we are celebrating in the presence of His Excellency Dr. Mohamed Shaker, Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy and Dr. Alexey Likhachev, Director General of Rosatom.

This day would not have been possible without the wise decision of His Excellency Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, President of the Arab Republic of Egypt, to initiate the Egyptian Nuclear Project, following which all state entities sparred no efforts to achieve this common goal through a deep understanding of the nature of Egypt’s Nuclear Programme, as part of the comprehensive renaissance contributing to the new republic.”

Mohamed Shaker also stated: “The ceremony commemorating the pouring of the first concrete for Unit 1 is a great delight for us. The commencement of full-scale construction of Unit 1 is a historic event for Egypt. The political leadership and the Egyptian-Russian cooperation contributed to the implementation of this ambitious project despite the challenges presented by the Covid-19 pandemic, which did not have a negative impact on the project.”

The El-Dabaa Nuclear Power Plant is the first nuclear power plant in Egypt. It will be constructed in the city of El-Dabaa, Matrouh Governorate, on the Mediterranean coast, roughly 300 km north-west of Cairo.

The El-Dabaa Nuclear Power Plant will consist of 4 units with a generating capacity equivalent to 1200 MW per unit using generation III+ VVER-1200 reactors (pressurized water reactors). This is the most advanced technology to date and it has already been successfully implemented and operated in Russia and abroad.

The Rosatom State Corporation Engineering Division unites the leading companies of the nuclear industry in Russia and abroad.

The Engineering Division ranks first in the world by the order portfolio and the number of NPPs constructed simultaneously across the world.

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