Putin, Egypt's Sisi Initiate Construction of El-Dabaa Nuclear Plant's Fourth Unit

Name: Putin, Egypt's Sisi Initiate Construction of El-Dabaa Nuclear Plant's Fourth Unit
Uploaded: 2024-01-23T10:32+0000
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Description: Egypt's El-Dabaa Nuclear Power Plant, which is currently under construction, is poised to become the North African country's inaugural nuclear power facility. This project is a collaborative effort between Russia's Rosatom state nuclear energy corporation and Egypt's Nuclear Power Plants Authority (NPPA).

10:32 GMT, 23 January 2024

Egypt's El-Dabaa Nuclear Power Plant, which is currently under construction, is poised to become the North African country's inaugural nuclear power facility. This project is a collaborative effort between Russia's Rosatom state nuclear energy corporation and Egypt's Nuclear Power Plants Authority (NPPA).

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Sputnik comes to you live as Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah el-Sisi are participating via video link in a ceremony to pour the first batch of concrete into the base of the fourth unit of the El-Dabaa nuclear power plant (NPP).

This marks the end of the preparatory phase and the start of the main stage of all nuclear power plant units' capital construction.

Under the contract, Russia will be responsible for building the nuclear power plant, supplying nuclear fuel for its entire life cycle, and providing assistance in training personnel, and support for the nuclear facility's operation for the first 10 years of its operation.

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