First Reactor Starts to Generate Electricity at the Dabaa Nuclear Plant in 2028

Dr. Mohamed Shaker, Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy, and Dr. Amgad El-Wakeel, Chairman of the Nuclear Power Plants Authority, witnessed today the activities of pouring concrete for the second nuclear reactor at the Dabaa Nuclear Power Plant.

Well-placed sources in the Ministry of Electricity and Renewable Energy revealed that the first reactor number one will be operational in 2028.

The second reactor will start generating electricity in 2029, and the third reactor will follow in the following year.

It is worth noting that the Dabaa plant is the first nuclear power plant of its kind in Egypt, which will be built in the city of Dabaa in Matrouh Governorate on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea, about 130 km northwest of Alexandria.

The nuclear power plant includes 4 power units with a capacity of 1200 MW each, installed with 1200+ VVER reactors (water-cooled power reactors). President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and Russian President Vladimir Putin