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Egypt begins construction of its first nuclear power plant

2022-07-25

[Construction Index] Construction of Egypt’s US30b El-Dabaa Nuclear Power Plant, has begun with a special ceremony attended by Alexey Likhachev, Rosatom’s director general, and Mohamed Shaker, Egypt’s Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy.

Built by Russia’s Rosatom, the El-Dabaa Nuclear Power Plant, the country’s first nuclear power plant, will consist of 4 units with a generating capacity equivalent to 1200MW per unit using generation III+ VVER-1200 reactors (pressurized water reactors).

Speaking at the ceremony, which included a ceremonial first concrete pour, Alexey Likhachev said: "The construction launch at the El-Dabaa NPP Unit 1 means 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.

"The 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 honour for Rosatom to make this dream come true."

Mohamed Shaker added: "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 will be constructed in the city of El-Dabaa, Matrouh Governorate, on the Mediterranean coast, roughly 300 km north-west of Cairo.

Posted by:Frank G

#5 There’s so much jealousy and racism in that comment.

Have you ever been to Egypt, Wodan 1785 USA? Working, I mean, not just visiting the pyramids and taking a cruise up the Nile to Thebes.

Mr. Wife spent a year mostly in Egypt, occasionally flying home. For the first six months of that year he twiddled his thumbs waiting to start the project as soon as the ordered chemicals arrived — six months into it, after telling him every few days that the stuff would arrive momentarily, it was reluctantly revealed that actually they hadn’t placed the order yet. He then spent the next six months cleaning the desert rat mummies out of the equipment that had been sitting there waiting to be started up for five years.

He took photos of one of the supplier factories — holes in the floor of the mezzanine covered with cardboard, leaking bags of caustic chemicals carried around workers’ heads... nothing less than telling the workers that the chemicals would cause impotence got them to wear safety shoes. They pointed with pride to a gentleman curled up asleep in a corner — he had to sleep at work because he had two wives at home, who wore him out. Inshallah — no care need be taken, because bad things happen only when Allah wills it, and only because Allah wills it.

The inshallah approach does not mesh well with the precision needed to run a nuclear power plant.

None of that is racism or bigotry, just typical experiences in a Third World country. Nor would an Egyptian accept the idea of racism — as far as they’re concerned, they are white as white Americans, and their idea of what Blacks are would more than meet your definition racism.

Posted by: trailing wife 2022-07-25 23:31

#4 this obscure blog

Nobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded.

Posted by: SteveS 2022-07-25 23:14

#3 ^ Take your own advice, Joe

Posted by: badanov 2022-07-25 22:27

#2 There’s so much jealousy and racism in that comment.
Instead I congratulate the Egyptian people and the Russians for such a historical project. You sir should use you acid personality writing letters to your representative and ask them to perform in serving you, not wasting your time in this obscure blog.

Posted by: Wodan 1785 USA 2022-07-25 22:11

#1 Coming soon: Attack of the Mutant Hippopotamus.

Posted by: Super Hose 2022-07-25 12:09

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