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El Dabaa project reports on construction progress

El Dabaa project reports on construction progress

Egypt's first nuclear power plant is pushing ahead - with the core catcher for unit 3 now on site, a 2000-tonne capacity crane installed and Rosatom reporting that 75% of the blanks to be used for unit 1's reactor equipment now produced.

New Nuclear 18 July 2024

First tier of El Dabaa unit 1's inner containment completed

First tier of El Dabaa unit 1's inner containment completed

The completion of the first tier of the inner containment structure for the first unit at the El Dabaa nuclear power plant in Egypt is one of the key events expected this year at the construction site where more than 20,000 people are working.

New Nuclear 20 May 2024

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El Dabaa: Installation of first unit's inner containment starts

El Dabaa: Installation of first unit's inner containment starts

Work has begun on the first tier of the inner containment building for the first unit of the El Dabaa nuclear power plant in Egypt.

New Nuclear 13 March 2024

Presidents join ceremony for first concrete for El Dabaa unit 4

Presidents join ceremony for first concrete for El Dabaa unit 4

Egypt and Russia's presidents joined by a ceremony by videolink to mark the pouring of the first concrete into the foundation slab of El Dabaa unit 4 - a moment which means all four units at the Egyptian nuclear power plant are now under construction.

New Nuclear 23 January 2024

ENEC, NPPA to explore cooperation opportunities

ENEC, NPPA to explore cooperation opportunities

The company responsible for implementing the UAE's civil nuclear power programme and the owner of Egypt's first nuclear power plant are to explore potential areas for cooperation in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy under a new agreement signed during COP28.

Corporate 12 December 2023

Installation of El Dabaa 2's core catcher begins

Installation of El Dabaa 2's core catcher begins

A ceremony has been held to mark the beginning of the installation - ahead of schedule - of the core catcher in the second unit at Egypt's El Dabaa nuclear power plant.

New Nuclear 20 November 2023

Egypt's first nuclear unit has core catcher installed

Egypt's first nuclear unit has core catcher installed

Officials from Egypt's Nuclear Power Plants Authority and Russia's Rosatom have held a ceremony to mark the installation of the core catcher in the first unit at the El Dabaa nuclear power plant.

New Nuclear 06 October 2023

Permit issued for construction of fourth Egyptian unit

Permit issued for construction of fourth Egyptian unit

Egypt's Nuclear Power Plants Authority has been granted a licence by the country's nuclear regulator for the construction of the fourth and final unit at the El Dabaa nuclear power plant. Construction of unit 4 is scheduled to begin by the end of this year.

New Nuclear 31 August 2023

El Dabaa core catcher 'to be installed in October'

El Dabaa core catcher 'to be installed in October'

The first large-scale nuclear power plant item - the core catcher for El Dabaa unit 1 - is to be installed in October, the chairman of Egypt's Nuclear Power Plants Authority has said.

New Nuclear 19 July 2023

Construction begins of third unit at Egypt's El Dabaa nuclear power plant

Construction begins of third unit at Egypt's El Dabaa nuclear power plant

First concrete has been poured into the foundation slab marking the start of the main construction phase for unit 3 of the El Dabaa nuclear power plant project, and follows the issuing of a construction licence by the Egyptian Nuclear and Radiological Regulatory Authority on 29 March.

New Nuclear 03 May 2023