“Accordingly, the two countries can be expected to closely interact on the NPP’s running, maintenance and fuel supplies throughout these 80 years. At the same time, the scale of the project is colossal in terms of financing, the amount of energy to be produced. Therefore, I would venture to suggest that in the long term this particular project can become an ‘anchor’ around which other areas of interaction can develop,” said Khlopkov.
West’s Efforts to Sideline Russia Failed
“Western countries, as well as Japan in recent years, have not built nuclear power plants, be it on their own territory or abroad, so they have lost many core competencies and expertise. Russia, on the contrary, is now implementing a number of projects abroad besides Egypt’s [El-Dabaa NPP]. One can name Turkiye, Iran, India, China, Bangladesh, Belarus, and so on down the list,” stressed the expert.