El Dabaa Nuclear Power Plant is the first
nuclear power plant planned for Egypt and will be located at
El Dabaa
El Dabaa ( ar, الضبعة ) is a town in the Matrouh Governorate, Egypt. It lies from Cairo on the north coast and is served by the El Alamain International Airport. It is famous for the Russian technology nuclear power plant being const ...
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Matrouh Governorate
Matrouh Governorate ( ar, محافظة مطروح ) is one of the governorates of Egypt. Located in the north-western part of the country, it borders Libya. Its capital is Mersa Matruh.
Municipal divisions
The governorate is divided into munic ...
, Egypt, about 320 Kilometers northwest of
Cairo
Cairo ( ; ar, القاهرة, al-Qāhirah, ) is the Capital city, capital of Egypt and its largest city, home to 10 million people. It is also part of the List of urban agglomerations in Africa, largest urban agglomeration in Africa, List of ...
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The plant will have four
VVER-1200
The water-water energetic reactor (WWER), or VVER (from russian: водо-водяной энергетический реактор; transliterates as ; ''water-water power reactor'') is a series of pressurized water reactor designs originally de ...
reactors, making Egypt the only country in the region to have a
Generation III+ reactor
Generation III reactors, or Gen III reactors, are a class of nuclear reactors designed to succeed Generation II reactors, incorporating evolutionary improvements in design. These include improved fuel technology, higher thermal efficiency, signi ...
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History
On November 19, 2015 Egypt and Russia signed an initial agreement, under which Russia will build and finance Egypt’s
first nuclear power plant.VVER-1200
The water-water energetic reactor (WWER), or VVER (from russian: водо-водяной энергетический реактор; transliterates as ; ''water-water power reactor'') is a series of pressurized water reactor designs originally de ...
units were signed in the presence of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
Abdel Fattah Saeed Hussein Khalil el-Sisi; (born 19 November 1954) is an Egyptian politician and retired military officer who has served as the sixth and current president of Egypt since 2014. Before retiring as a general in the Egyptian mil ...
and Russian President Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin; (born 7 October 1952) is a Russian politician and former intelligence officer who holds the office of president of Russia. Putin has served continuously as president or prime minister since 1999: as prime min ...
.Rosatom
Rosatom, ( rus, Росатом, p=rɐsˈatəm}) also known as Rosatom State Nuclear Energy Corporation, the State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom or Rosatom State Corporation, is a Russian state corporation headquartered in Moscow that speciali ...
will build the plant, and supply Russian nuclear fuel for its entire life cycle.Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power
Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP; ) is a subsidiary of the Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO). It operates large nuclear and hydroelectric plants in South Korea, which are responsible for about 27 percent of the country's electric power.
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was contracted to construct 82 ancillary buildings and structures. Doosan Enerbility was sub-contracted to build the turbine buildings and related structures for about $1.2 billion.
Finance
The project will cost US$28.75 billion of which Russia will finance 85% as a state loan of US$25 billion and Egypt will provide the remaining 15% in the form of installments. The Russian loan has a repayment period of 22 years, with an annual interest rate of 3%.
Reactor data
See also
* Nuclear program of Egypt
President Adly Mansour announced on 7 November 2013 that Egypt was restarting its nuclear power program in El Dabaa; a deal was reached with the residents in which it was agreed that a residential area will also be built. The Egyptian minister o ...
* Egyptian Atomic Energy Authority
* Energy in Egypt
This article describes the energy and electricity production, consumption and import in Egypt.
Overview
Electrical power
Egypt is classified as having a “high power system size (24,700 MW installed generation capacity in 2010 with more ...
References
{{Nuclear Fuel Cycle Activities in Egypt
Nuclear power stations in Egypt
Nuclear power stations with reactors under construction
Nuclear power stations using VVER reactors
Nuclear program of Egypt
Nuclear power in Egypt
Egypt–Russia relations