Egyptian-Russian delegation visits Egypt’s Dabaa, hails project as ‘safe nuclear plant’

Egyptian-Russian delegation visits Egypt’s Dabaa, hails project as ‘safe nuclear plant’

Dabaa Nuclear plant - FILE





CAIRO - 4 March 2021: An Egyptian-Russian delegation hailed the Dabaa nuclear power plant project as "one of the safest nuclear plants in the world“, during its visit to the plant on Thursday.

The delegation from the Nuclear Power Plants Authority visited the Dabaa nuclear power plant project, headed by Eng. Muhammad Ramadan, the Authority's Vice President for Operation and Maintenance, and Engineer Muhammad Dewidar, Director of the Dabaa Nuclear Plant Construction Project, with a Russian delegation from the Russian State Nuclear Energy Corporation "Rosatom,“ headed by Gennady Sakharov among other legal experts, contractors.

The delegation conducted a field visit to the plant's site aiming to stand on the developments in work progress in the project.

Dr. Gregory Sosnin, director of the Egyptian Dabaa nuclear project, said, "During the visit, the progress of works at the construction site at Dabaa was inspected and a meeting was held.“

He also indicated in this regard, "The technology of the VVER-1200 nuclear reactors selected for the Egyptian nuclear plant makes me confidently assure that the Dabaa nuclear plant is one of the safest and technologically-advanced nuclear plants not only in the African continent,