The main construction phase has begun with the pouring of first concrete for Unit 3 of the El Dabaa nuclear power station in Egypt, Russia’s state nuclear corporation Rosatom announced.
According to Rosatom a “technical ceremony” took place at the El Dabaa construction site on 3 May (Wednesday).
The first concrete pouring ceremony follows the issuing last month of the construction permit for the plant by the Egyptian Nuclear and Radiological Regulatory Authority.
Amged El-Wakeel, chairman of Egypt’s Nuclear Power Plants Authority, said the El Dabaa project is progressing on schedule.