Rosatom chief: Russia Pleased to Contribute to Egypt's Nuclear Goal

Hassan El-Khawaga

By Amr Galal

CAIRO, Nov. 20 (SEE) - Russia greatly enjoys pleasure by sharing with Egypt in achieving its nuclear goal, an official at Russia's Rosatom company said.

Director General of Rosatom in the Middle East and North Africa Alexander Voronkov was delivering a speech at the Russian Cultural Center in Cairo on the occasion of displaying the first show of a documentary titled "Wild Edens" which sheds light on the climate change issue in Russian and the world.

"Building El Dabaa Nuclear Power Plant in cooperation with Rosatom is a major step for Egypt to secure safe and clean energy in order to maintain the Egyptian environment and reduce the CO2 emissions, a matter which achieves Egypt's environmental goal," Voronkov noted.

"One year had passed since Cairo signed Paris Agreement on combating climate change which affirms that the environmental dimension is important for Egypt Vision 2030," the Russian official added.

"It is known that the percentage of the CO2 had increased by 1.1% since the 19th century, which led to more wildfires and melting of the ice in the North Pole," he pointed out.

Given these dangerous indicators, the nuclear energy project will prevent the emission of 56 million tonnes of CO2 in the air, therefore it is better and safer for our planet,” he underlined.

Voronkov said that the concept of the nuclear is misunderstood worldwide as people think that the nuclear reactors are related with mass destruction, pointing out that establishing these reactors comes within a framework of rescuing the Earth from the dangers of the environmental pollution.

"Rosatom doesn't focus only on building energy projects, but also it aims to increase the global awareness of the global warming dangers through producing a series of documentaries to shed light on the threats to nature," he underscored.

Wild Edens is a unique project initiated by Rosatom company that focuses on climate change and the threat it poses to the global ecosystem. The project includes filming and broadcasting by National Geographic, describing the unique ecosystems that may disappear due to global warming if mankind fails to curtail its carbon footprint and use clean energy.