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99% of Dabaa Nuclear plant contracts with Russia agreed on

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99% percent of the contracts necessary for the implementation of the nuclear plant project in Dabaa have been agreed on. It is expected to start the implementation of Dabaa plant before the end of 2017.

Negotiations on the project took place in the Ministry of Electricity in Cairo and Russia’s Rosatom in Moscow Egypt sought more guarantees in all areas, including the security, economic, environmental and other areas.

These guarantees have been translated into the contracts concluded.  Moscow will resume air traffic to Egypt soon after deciding on some unresolved points that guarantee the safety of airports

Moscow and Cairo signed an agreement in November 2015 to build a nuclear power plant in Egypt, with Russia extending a loan to Egypt to cover the cost of construction.

Russia’s state-owned nuclear firm Rosatom  said that  the plant is  Egypt’s first and  would be built at Dabaa in the north of the country and it is expected to be completed by 2022.

Russia will loan Egypt $25 billion to finance building and operating the nuclear power plant. Egypt will pay an interest rate of 3 percent annually. Installment payments will begin on October 15, 2029.

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