Current state
| Status | Under construction |
| Design | VVER-1200 (PWR) |
| Net capacity | 1,100 MWe |
| Country | Egypt |
| Vendor | Rosatom |
| Owner / operator | Nuclear Power Plants Authority (Egypt) |
| Construction start | 2022-07-20 |
| Original COD target | 2028 |
| Current COD estimate | 2028 |
| Schedule slippage | 0 years |
Notes
Africa's largest nuclear project; four VVER-1200 units (4.8 GW). RPV date reported as November by Rosatom; primary-source day precision pending. Add el-dabaa-2..4.
Milestone log
- 2022-07-20 — First concrete, Unit 1 (source)
- 2025-11-15 — Reactor pressure vessel for Unit 1 installed (source)
The milestone log is append-only: corrections are recorded as new entries, never rewrites. Full history via /api/v1/changes.