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KHNP named as sole

bidder for procurement of

El Dabaa equipment

JAPAN ROSATOM has named Korea Hydro and and Arab Contractors have already been selected
Nuclear Power (KHNP) as the sole bidder for a to be involved in construction work at the site.
contract to procure and build the main turbine The deals come after the whole nuclear pro-
islands for units 1-4 of Egypt’s El Dabaa nuclear ject was called into question at the end of July
power plant (NPP). 2021, when local media in Egypt reported that
The construction of the four islands is to be the El-Dabaa NPP, which is being built by Rus-
carried out by Rosatom subsidiary AtomStroy- sia, has been delayed because of the coronavirus
Export (ASE). (COVID-19) pandemic.
The announcement means that KHNP is The Egyptian Nuclear and Radiological Reg-
the single source bidder eligible to negotiate the ulatory Authority said construction of the plant
terms and conditions of the definitive contract would not start for another year, as regulators are
for the proposed transaction. likely to issue construction licences by mid-2022,
The deal has still to comply with ASE pro- rather than the earlier date of the second half of
curement procedures and the parties agreeing 2021.
on such terms, World Nuclear News reported. Since then, Rosatom and Egypt’s Nuclear
Talks on prices and terms are due to take Power Plants Authority have insisted that there
place in February and, if negotiations are suc- are no delays with the project, and that contract
cessful, an agreement could be signed by the end talks will continue.
of April, the company added, noting that these Egypt’s Nuclear Power Plants Authority in
are preliminary target dates. July 2021 applied to the Egyptian Nuclear and
Meanwhile, KHNP said that turbine hall Radiological Regulatory Authority for a con-
equipment for the plant would be supplied by struction permit for the first two units at El
AAEM, a joint venture of Atomenergomash and Dabaa, 130 km north-west of Cairo.
General Electric. Egypt’s first NPP is planned to comprise four
“At the same time, within the framework of VVER-1200 units, like those in operation at the
the previously concluded agreement, AAEM Leningrad and Novovoronezh NPPs in Russia,
LLC, a joint venture of Atomenergomash JSC and the Ostrovets NPP in Belarus.
and General Electric, will supply turbine hall Rosatom has previously said full-scale con-
equipment for units 1 to 4 of the El Dabaa struction will begin as soon as the construction
nuclear power station in Egypt,” KHNP said. permit is granted.
AAEM will be responsible for designing, Contracts that entered into force in Decem-
manufacturing and supplying four sets of steam ber 2017 stipulate that Rosatom will build the
turbines, condensers, generators and selected plant as well as supply Russian nuclear fuel over
auxiliary equipment, and for technical field advi- its entire life cycle, and assist its Egyptian part-
sory services during erection and commission- ners in training personnel and plant mainte-
ing of supplied equipment on site. nance for the first 10 years of its operation. The
The plant will be equipped with Arabelle half- first groups of specialists from El Dabaa began
speed steam turbines and Gigatop 4-pole gener- training at the St Petersburg branch of Rosatom’s
ators manufactured by General Electric. Technical Academy in September 2021.™
Egyptian companies Petrojet, Hassan Allam

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