Egypt Planning To Add Two More Nuclear Units At El Dabaa, Says Minister

Russia already supplying four reactors for Mediterranean coast site

Egypt Planning To Add Two More Nuclear Units At El Dabaa, Says Minister
File photo of construction earlier this year at the El Dabaa nuclear site in Egypt. Photo courtesy NPPA.

Egypt is planning to add two reactors at the El Dabaa nuclear power station site on the country’s Mediterranean coast, where four Russia-supplied units are already under construction.

Electricity and renewable energy minister Mahmoud Esmat said the plan was adopted following instructions from president Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and will be discussed with Russia’s state-owned nuclear energy corporation Rosatom, supplier of the first four units.

Reports in Egypt said no timeline has been set for the talks and a final decision on the expansion has not yet been announced.

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