Dabaa Nuclear Power Plant
Minister Esmat confirmed that the first reactor will arrive at the Dabaa site in early November, highlighting that special procedures and preparations are underway for the delivery.
The Egyptian Ministry of Electricity and Renewable Energy said in a statement on Thursday that the minister will meet with Russian nuclear officials to discuss developments in the Dabaa Nuclear Power Plant.
Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli received Tuesday Director General of the Russian State Atomic Energy Corporation (Rosatom) Alexei Likhachev.
In recent years, thanks to President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, these relations have been further strengthened, Putin said. Trade between our two countries is on the rise. Russia is actively working on significant projects, particularly the Dabaa nuclear power plant, which is progressing according to plan, along with various industrial zone initiatives."
Applications can be submitted starting on Saturday, September 21, 2024, through a special link on the ministry's official website.
Minister of Foreign Affairs Badr Abdelatty met Monday with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov in Moscow.
The Nuclear Plants Authority submitted a request with the Egyptian Nuclear and Radiological Regulatory Authority (ENRRA) to obtain a construction permit.
Additionally, the minister cited decreasing the price of renewable energy to $2.3 cents for one kilowatt (kW) of solar energy and $2.4 cents for one kilowatt (kW) of wind energy – lowest prices globally – and the exempt released earlier this year for solar energy projects, as great incentives for investors in the sector.
The Egyptian Nuclear and Radiological Regulatory Authority announced in June the issuance of the permit to build the first reactor at Al Dabaa Nuclear Power Plant.
That is when operated at full capacity.
The Egyptian Nuclear and Radiological Regulatory Authority announced Wednesday the issuance of the permit to build the first reactor at Al Dabaa Nuclear Power Plant.
The researchers belong to 14 Egyptians universities and research institutes.
According to Likhachev, the construction of the Egyptian Dabaa nuclear plant is scheduled to begin in July 2022, and he said that the Egyptian authorities are looking forward to starting construction work in the summer of this year.
In a phone call on Saturday, Sisi affirmed to Putin Egypt’s continued efforts and endeavors to bring the views of the Libyan brothers together, Egyptian Presidential Spokesman Bassam Radi said in a statement.
Egypt is close to introducing Dabaa Nuclear Power Plant.
Thousands of jobs will be available at Egypt’s first nuclear power plant, whose capacity amounts to 4,800 megawatts, and many more opportunities will be provided indirectly, said Amgad al-Wakil, head of the Nuclear Power Plants Authority on Monday.
Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah El Sisi directed applying highest international safety standards at Dabaa nuclear power plant (NPP) being built in Matrouh Governorate on the Mediterranean coast.
The NPPA applied on the permit on March 10, 2019.
The NPPA applied on the permit on March 10, 2019.
Nuclear energy is part of the government’s plan to diversify its energy sources to prevent any future crisis resulting from shortages in electricity.
