Highlights: 7 conditions must be met ahead of operating El-Dabaa nuclear reactors

CAIRO - 13 September 2022: Egypt Today monitored 7 conditions that must be met before operating the nuclear plant in El-Dabaa, according to Article 13 of the Executive Regulations of the Law Regulating Nuclear and Radioactive Activities No. 7 of 2010, which was published in the Official Gazette.

 

Some of the conditions for the NPA to obtain permission to conduct pre-operational tests are:

 

 

1 - A copy of the nuclear reactor construction permit document.

 

2- Any additions or modifications made to the design based on what has been done.

 

3- Results of performance tests for systems.

 

4 - Programs of pre-operational tests explaining the timetable for implementation.

 

5 - The organizational structures of the pre-operational test groups, and the operation and maintenance groups.

 

6- Data about the operators, their previous experiences, the licenses granted to them, as well as any penalties previously imposed on them.

 

7- Any additions or modifications made to the initial plans for contingency, physical protection, systems for applying safeguards, controlling nuclear materials, radiological protection, and radioactive waste management.