Name of the Project
El-Dabaa nuclear power plant (NPP).
Location
El-Dabaa, in Egypt, on the Mediterranean coast.
Project Owner/s
The Ministry of Electricity and Energy, represented by the Egyptian Nuclear Power Plant Authority (NPPA).
Project Description
The El-Dabaa NPP will be the first nuclear power plant in Egypt.
The project will involve the construction of an NPP, comprising four Russian-designed VVER-1200 pressurised water reactors.
With a nameplate capacity of 4.8 GWe, the plant is expected to account for up to 50% of Egypt’s power generation capacity to increase the country’s increasing demand for electricity.
Potential Job Creation
Not stated.
Capital Expenditure
Not stated.
Planned Start /End Date
Not stated
Latest Developments
Russian State-owned nuclear group Rosatom has selected South Korean group Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power (KHNP) to be the sole bidder for several major contracts for the El Dabaa NPP, World Nuclear News (WNN) has reported. KHNP is a subsidiary of Korea Electric Power Corporation, better known as Kepco.
El Dabaa will be built by Rosatom.
Under the contract, which came into effect in December 2017, Rosatom will also supply the nuclear fuel for El Dabaa throughout the entire life cycle of the plant. In addition, the Russian group will assist in maintaining the plant and in training Egyptian personnel during the first decade of the NPP’s operation. The first group of Egyptian specialists started training in Russia during September 2021.
The contracts for which KHNP has been preselected are those for the construction of the main and auxiliary buildings and structures of the turbine islands for all four reactors, as well as the supply of certain (unspecified) materials and equipment.
Contracts for work on the new NPP are being awarded in terms of Rosatom’s procurement procedures. KHNP and Rosatom will discuss the terms and prices for the contract, a process which it is hoped will be completed by the end of February. This will be followed by the drafting of the actual contract, and its approval through various internal processes, which should be completed by the end of April.
KHNP is not the first company to be preselected as sole bidder on El Dabaa contracts. Rosatom had previously awarded such status to three Egyptian groups – Arab Contractors, Hassan Allam and Petrojet.
The NPPA applied to the Egyptian Nuclear and Radiological Authority for a construction permit for the first two units of the NPP in July 2021. Rosatom has stated that construction will start immediately once the permit is granted.
Key Contracts, Suppliers and Consultants
Rosatom (pressurised water reactors).
Contact Details for Project Information
NNPA, tel +20 22633553 or email contact_us@nppa.gov.eg.