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Egypt’s Nuclear Power Plants Authority has secured a permit to construct a spent atomic fuel storage facility at the El Dabaa power plant, located approximately 320km northwest of Cairo.
The NPPA plans to begin the construction of the facility in 2025. This storage solution will provide safe, dry, and scientifically advanced containment for spent nuclear fuel, with the capacity to store waste for up to 100 years, all while adhering to the highest standards of safety and environmental protection.
El Dabaa, Egypt’s first nuclear power plant and the country’s largest energy project in decades, is being developed in collaboration with Russia’s Rosatom. The plant will house four VVER-1200 reactors, the same type as those in operation at Russia’s Leningrad and Novovoronezh plants, as well as Belarus’s Ostrovets.
In a statement issued by the NPPA, Amjad El Wakeel, chairman of the authority, highlighted the achievement as a significant milestone in Egypt’s nuclear programme. “The authority has successfully secured the permit for the construction of the spent nuclear fuel storage facility at El Dabaa, aligning with the project’s implementation timeline,” the statement read.
The NPPA formally submitted the permit request to Egypt’s Nuclear and Radiological Regulatory Authority on June 12, 2024, accompanied by comprehensive design and technical documentation reviewed by nuclear specialists.
Following a series of productive technical meetings between NPPA and NRRA experts, the permit was granted during NRRA’s seventh session on December 31, 2024.
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