Pandemic won't halt construction on Egypt’s first nuclear power plant
Although a series of mega projects have been postponed in Egypt due to the coronavirus outbreak, work on the country’s first nuclear power plant continues.
Amid the coronavirus pandemic that has delayed mega projects scheduled for this year in Egypt, such as the New Administrative Capital and the Grand Egyptian Museum, work on Egypt’s first nuclear project continues around the clock.
“The work is currently underway despite the coronavirus and there is no amendment to the timetable for the Dabaa nuclear plant project,” Ayman Hamza, spokesperson for the Electricity and Renewable Energy Ministry, told Al-Monitor.
The Dabaa nuclear power plant (NPP), located along the northern west coast of Egypt on the Mediterranean Sea in Dabaa city in Matrouh governorate, is designed to diversify the country’s energy sources.
Russian-Egyptian cooperation on the NPP started in 2015 when both countries signed an agreement for Russia to construct Egypt’s first nuclear power plant.
