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Construction Of El Dabaa Nuclear Facility In Egypt To Begin In July 2022
- 21 Jan 2022
- Egypt
- Infrastructure
News: Russia-based ROSATOM has reported that construction of the USD30.0bn El Dabaa nuclear power plant (NPP) in the Matrouh Governorate, Egypt is expected to begin in July 2022. The 4.8GW NPP will come up in El-Dabaa city and will feature four Generation III+ VVER-1200 reactors, each with a capacity of 1.2GW. The Government of Russia will provide an export loan of USD25.0bn, while the Egyptian government will provide the remaining cost (Egypt Today).
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