Egypt applies for construction permit for $30bn El-Dabaa nuclear power plant

5 Jul 2021
Egypt applies for construction permit for $30bn El-Dabaa nuclear power plant

Egypt’s Nuclear Power Plants Authority (NPPA) has applied for the construction permits for the first and second units of the planned 4.8GW El-Dabaa nuclear power plant, Egypt's first nuclear power plant

Egypt’s Nuclear Power Plants Authority (NPPA) has applied for the construction permits for the first and second units of the planned 4.8GW El-Dabaa nuclear power plant.

Russia’s Rosatom, which was awarded the contract to develop Egypt’s first nuclear power plant in 2015, has revealed that the NPPA has submitted the permit application and all of the required documents to the Egyptian Nuclear and Radiological Regulation Authority (ENRRA).

“It is expected that the permit on construction of the first two units will be granted in the first half of next year [2022],” Ayman, Hamza, a spokesman for the Egyptian Electricity & Renewable Energy Ministry was quoted in a report by Tass, the Russian News Agency. “[will be followed] by procedures on drafting documents for units 3 and 4.”

Cairo signed an agreement with Rosatom to construct and operate the $30bn El-Dabaa project in November 2015, with the deal covering the development of a 4,800MW plant consisting of four 1,200MW reactors. In October 2019, Australia’s Worley was appointed to provide a number of engineering and design services for the scheme.

The project is being largely funded by a government-to-government loan from Russia’s Finance Ministry, which will provide a $25bn loan to cover 85 per cent of the construction costs for the scheme. The Egyptian government will finance the remaining 15 per cent capital cost of the plant.

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