Rosatom will build the first nuclear power plant in Egypt. El Dabaa NPP will be located on the north-western coast of the Mediterranean Sea, 300 km from Cairo. The project is estimated at $ 60 billion: construction, provision of nuclear fuel for 60 years and help in operation.

EL DABAA NPP will consist of 4 power units of the VVER-1200 generation 3+. The total power of reactors is 4800 MW. The start of operation of the first power unit "El Dabaa" is scheduled for 2028.

In 1980, in Egypt, they chose a construction site. For 40 years, the terrain was investigated from the point of view of geological, geophysical, hydrogeological fitness. Close to construction was close in 2015, when Russia and Egypt signed an agreement on the construction and operation of the NPP.

However, only in 2019, the Egyptian NPPA NPPA was received from the Nuclear and Radiological Control (ENRAA) authorization (SAP) permission. This means that the site is safe and complies with the requirements of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). So completed the first step to licensing the construction of the EL DABAA NPP.

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EL DABAA will establish a generation of 3+ VVER-1200 generation (water-water-water reactor). VVER-1200 has 3 important qualities: safety, high performance, durability.

Technical and economic indicators meet the requirements of the IAEA. Requirements are presented to reactors after the accident on Fukushima in 2011

We will tell you more about the "passive security systems" of the reactor. The reactor can work without operators and with full de-energization. This means, with an accident you can evacuate the staff and do without the work of electronic devices.

- the inner blocks the leakage of radioactive substances during accidents;

- External protects against natural and man-made impacts: Tornger, earthquake, airplane fall, explosions, etc.

In 2017, Rosatom, the world's first launched a VVER-1200 generation 3+ generation reactor at Novovoronezh NPP-2.

The construction of El Dabaa nuclear power plant is estimated at $ 30 billion. Rosatom will provide 85% of the amount on a loan for 13 years under 3% per annum. It economically ties Egypt to the Russian Federation.

On December 30, 2017, in Cairo, the head of Rosatom, Alexey Likhachev and the Minister of Electric Power Industry and Renewable Energy Sources of Egypt, Mohammed Shaker signed contracts for the construction of a nuclear power plant.

In the official report of Likhachev does not address the exact cost of the contract:

But according to the agreements of 2015, the state loan from Russia will be $ 25 billion. The remaining part of Egypt will find independently.

In 2021, NPPA provided Enrra documentation to obtain permission to build 4 power units. And already in June 2022, the plans of Rosatom launch the construction of the 1st power unit. So, the project does not plan to freeze due to the Ukrainian crisis.

It was also confirmed by the head of the Likhachev on April 3, 2022 in an interview on the TV channel "Russia 24": "We did not stop a single object, we continue to work."

Likhachev also stated that the state corporation estimates possible risks, including questions with suppliers and subcontract.

In addition to construction, Rosatom will provide Egypt with nuclear fuel for 60 years. Usually such contracts are signed for 10 years.

Also, Russia for 10 years will support NPP maintenance. Future workers will be trained at the Rosatom Technical Academy and the Training and Training Center of the Nuclear Station in Egypt.

This transaction gives the Egyptians a guarantee for obtaining the latest fuel samples. And Russia will provide itself with orders and stable work for specialists for decades.

This fact confirms Likhachev:

Do you think that are needed by Russia such projects? After all, the state issues a huge loan for implementation.

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