An official ceremony has been held to mark the start of first concrete pouring for Unit 1 of Egypt’s El Dabaa nuclear new-build project, meaning the country’s first commercial nuclear plant has entered the main construction phase.
The Egyptian Nuclear Power Plants Authority (NPPA), which owns the El Dabaa project, said in a statement that the inaugural ceremony was attended by Alexei Likhachev, head of Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom, and Egypt’s minister of electricity and renewable energy Mohamed Shaker.
The Egyptian Nuclear Power Plants Authority (NPPA), which owns the El Dabaa project, said in a statement that the inaugural ceremony was attended by Alexei Likhachev, head of Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom, and Egypt’s minister of electricity and renewable energy Mohamed Shaker.
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