12.01.2022
On December 30, 2021, ahead of schedule, Egyptian Nuclear Power Plant Authority (NPPA) handed over the package of documents to the Egyptian Nuclear and Radiological Regulatory Authority (ENRRA) which are required for receipt of license for construction of El Dabaa NPP power units 3 and 4 (general designer and general contractor is Rosatom State Corporation Engineering Division). Earlier, on June 30, 2021, similar documentation was handed over for units 1 and 2.
This is one of the key stages of implementation of El Dabaa NPP project, its aim is the issue of license for the construction of power units 3 and 4. As soon as the permission is issued, the parties will be able to commence full-scale construction.
“The submission of documentation was preceded by joint coordinated work of the Russian and the Egyptian teams which made it possible to fulfill the ambition task of documentation approval tasking into account the technical requirements of the EPC Contract and adjustment to the site conditions”, pointed out Grigory Sosnin, Director of Project for El Dabaa NPP construction.
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Rosatom State Corporation Engineering Division
Reference note
El Dabaa NPP is the first nuclear power plant in Egypt which will be built in the city of El Dabaa, Matrouh province, on the Mediterranean coast, approximately 300 km North-West of Cairo.
The NPP will consist of four power units, 1200 MW each, with VVER-1200 reactors (pressurized water reactor) of III+ generation. This is the newest generation technology which has references and is already operating successfully. There are four operational power units of this generation: two reactors at Novovoronezh NPP and two - at Leningrad NPP. Outside Russia, one power unit of Belarus NPP with VVER-1200 reactor was connected to the grid in November 2020.
The NPP is being constructed in accordance with the package of contracts which entered into force on December 11, 2017. In accordance with the contractual obligations, the Russian party will not only construct the power plant but will also supply nuclear fuel for the whole life cycle of the NPP and will provide assistance to the Egyptian partners in training of the personnel and support of operation and service during the first 10 years of its operation. Under a separate agreement, the Russian party will build a special storage and will supply containers for storing spent nuclear fuel.
