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Russia begins work on second
unit of El Dabaa nuclear power
plant in Egypt
AFRICA RUSSIA’S State Atomic Energy Corporation The construction phase of the project is to be
(ROSATOM) announced the breaking of the completed by 2028-2029 at total cost of $30bn.
ground on the second unit of El Dabaa nuclear Russia is giving a $25bn vendor credit to Egypt
power plant on Egypt’s North Coast follow- to finance 85% of the construction costs of the
ing the pouring of concrete for the first unit in project. The loan is being obtained on conces-
July, Tass News Agency reported. Simultane- sional terms, carrying a 3% annual interest rate
ously, work is underway to obtain permissions with repayments scheduled to start from Octo-
for building the third and fourth power units to ber 2029. The remaining cost of the project will
proceed to the basic construction stage of the be covered by the Egyptian side, to be financed
entire station. This is part of a developing geopo- by private investment.
litical rapprochement between Egypt and Russia ROSATOM General Director, Alexei
centred around several industrial projects. Likhachev, and the Egyptian Minister of Elec-
The El Dabaa nuclear power plant will consist tricity and Renewable Energy, Mohamed Shaker,
of four units with a generating capacity equiv- signed the documentation for the construc-
alent to 1200MW per unit, using generation tion of the four-unit El Dabaa NPP in Cairo in
III+ VVER-1200 pressurised water reactors. December 2017.
Rosatom, Burundi agree to
nuclear assess prospects
AFRICA RUSSIAN state nuclear energy corporation peaceful use of nuclear energy.
Rosatom and the government of Burundi have Burundi and Egypt, where Rosatom is already
signed a roadmap on establishing dialogue building a nuclear power plant, were among a
towards the peaceful use of nuclear energy, Inter- handful of countries that abstained in Septem-
fax reports. ber on vote by the UN’s nuclear watchdog on a
“The roadmap defines concrete steps on the resolution demanding that Russia end its occu-
part of the parties in 2022-2024 for assessing the pation of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant
prospects for nuclear generation in Burundi, and in Ukraine.
for implementing projects in the area of non-en- Rosatom this month announced the breaking
ergy applications of nuclear energy in the coun- of the ground on the second unit of the El Dabaa
try,” a Rosatom statement is quoted as saying. nuclear power plant on Egypt’s North Coast fol-
Last April, Rosatom and Burundi’s Ministry lowing the pouring of concrete for the first unit
of Energy and Mines signed a memorandum in July.
of understanding on cooperation in the area of
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