Rosatom hopes to build four power units in Egypt by the end of next year, Rosatom CEO Alexei Likhachev told reporters during Atomexpo 2022 on Monday.
"The banner of the largest construction project will go to Egypt. By the end of next year, we hope to build four nuclear units there simultaneously," Likhachev said. According to him, at the peak of construction, the number of workers at the site will be at least 30,000. "And at least 80 percent of the workforce will be Egyptian citizens," Likhachev stressed.
At the end of June, the Egyptian regulator issued a permit for the construction of the first unit of the El Dabaa NPP. On July 20, the ceremony of pouring the first concrete was held. On Saturday, Rosatom began construction of the second power unit of the El Dabaa NPP.
El Dabaa is the first nuclear power plant in Egypt to be built by Rosatom in Matrouh Governorate on the Mediterranean Sea about 300 km northwest of Cairo. This is Rosatom's first major project in Africa. By 2028 the State Corporation will build four units of the plant with VVER-1200 reactors and will supply nuclear fuel during the whole life cycle of the NPP (60 years) as well as provide services on personnel training and carry out maintenance and repair within 10 years after the launch of each unit. The contract also provides for the construction of the first module of dry container storage of spent nuclear fuel by 2028. Egypt expects the NPP to reach full capacity by 2030.
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Based on materials from TASS