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El Dabaa Nuclear Power Plant Unit 2

Egypt
Under Construction
Developer
Nuclear Power Plants Authority, Rosatom
Capacity
1200 MWe
Last updated
6/22/2026

Project overview

Reactor type
VVER-1200
Announced
11/19/2022
Projected operational
6/1/2029

Notes

El Dabaa will be Egypts first nuclear power plant, comprising four VVER-1200 units. Construction work at all four units is in full swing with more than 30000 people involved. Egypt aims for 9 percent of electricity from nuclear by 2030. Project cost is 28.75 billion dollars, with 85 percent financed by Russia via a 25 billion dollar state loan at 3 percent interest over 22 years. Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power contracted for 82 ancillary buildings. Rosatom is aiming for 100-year service life. First concrete poured November 2022. On 26 May 2026, a 330-tonne reactor pressure vessel for Unit 2 was shipped from Volgodonsk along with four steam generators as part of the largest-ever single shipment for a nuclear plant of approximately 2000 tonnes total.

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