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El Dabaa-1

VVER-1200 · 1,100 MWe · Under construction · commercial operation est. 2028

Current state

StatusUnder construction
DesignVVER-1200 (PWR)
Net capacity1,100 MWe
CountryEgypt
VendorRosatom
Owner / operatorNuclear Power Plants Authority (Egypt)
Construction start2022-07-20
Original COD target2028
Current COD estimate2028
Schedule slippage0 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

  • 2022-07-20First concrete, Unit 1 (source)
  • 2025-11-15Reactor 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.

Sources

  1. https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/el-dabaa-project-reports-progress-on-construction
  2. https://pris.iaea.org/pris/