Egypt to start 2nd Dabaa unit construction Saturday

Egypt to start 2nd Dabaa unit construction Saturday

On Saturday, Egypt will start the construction of the first concrete wall for the second unit of the Dabaa nuclear plant in Matrouh Governorate, head of the Nuclear Power Plants Authority in Egypt, Amgad al-Wakeel, announced.

Wakeel said that the first concrete casting for the second unit will coincide with the celebration of the second annual Nuclear Energy Day in Egypt.

This event is celebrated on November 19 of each year.

“The start of concrete pouring will take place tomorrow, after the completion of required preparatory work.

This requires design documents necessary to start pouring concrete for the second nuclear unit of the project,” he added.

According to Wakeel, the casting of the first wall in the second nuclear unit comes after obtaining the construction permit for the second nuclear unit.

This was issued by the Nuclear and Radiological Control Authority at the end of October, to launch the second unit.

Egyptian authorities have granted the Russian Rosatom State Atomiс Energy Corporation permission to establish a second unit for generating electricity at the Dabaa nuclear plant.

This was according to a statement from the Egyptian Nuclear and Radiological Regulatory Authority earlier in November.

Over the course of two years, the Nuclear Power Plants Authority completed procedures by submitting the