CAIRO — Hesham Hegazy, head of the nuclear fuel sector at Egypt's Nuclear Power Plants Authority (NPPA), has recently revealed that the Egyptian nuclear program is not limited to the establishment of the Dabaa nuclear power plant, as the country seeks to build more nuclear power plants on the north coast.

Speaking at a panel discussion on the role of nuclear energy in achieving sustainable development, organized by the Russian Rosatom nuclear corporation July 12, Hegazy said that the Egyptian state is seeking the generation and production of electricity through new and renewable energies, namely nuclear energy, amid its contribution to the creation of an integrated mix with fossil fuels to generate electric power.

During the seminar, which was attended by Alexander Voronkov, director and regional vice president of the Rosatom Regional Center in the Middle East and North Africa, Hegazy noted that the establishment of these new plants comes as part of the NPPA’s ambitious plan, backed by the political leadership, to secure the country’s future nuclear energy needs.

He said the NPPA has already submitted the documents required to obtain a construction permit for the first nuclear plant to generate electricity in Dabaa city in Matrouh governorate.