Egypt and Russia have signed supplementary protocol to their existing intergovernmental agreement on nuclear cooperation, aimed at fast-tracking the construction and operation of nuclear power plants in Egypt, including the 4.8 GW El Dabaa nuclear power plant. In addition, a supplementary annex to the existing contract for the El Dabaa plant, between Egypt’s Nuclear Power Plants Authority and Atomstroyexport, the Russian state-owned company involved in the project’s construction.
The 4.8 GW, US$29bn El-Dabaa nuclear power plant, which is expected to become fully operational by 2030, will comprise four VVER-1200 units with a capacity of 1.2 GW each. The first reactor entered construction in July 2022, the second in November 2022, the third in May 2023 and the fourth in January 2024.
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