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Pandemic won't halt construction on Egypt’s first nuclear power plant

Although a series of mega projects have been postponed in Egypt due to the coronavirus outbreak, work on the country’s first nuclear power plant continues.
Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (C) looks on as Chief Executive Officer of Russian Rosatom company Sergey Kiriyenko (L) and Egyptian Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy Mohamed Shaker (R) shakes hand after signing documents for a deal to build Egypt's first nuclear power plant at the Ittihadiya presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt, November 19, 2015. Moscow and Cairo signed an agreement on Thursday for Russia to build a nuclear power plant in Egypt, with Russia extending a loan to Egypt to co

Amid the coronavirus pandemic that has delayed mega projects scheduled for this year in Egypt, such as the New Administrative Capital and the Grand Egyptian Museum, work on Egypt’s first nuclear project continues around the clock.

“The work is currently underway despite the coronavirus and there is no amendment to the timetable for the Dabaa nuclear plant project,” Ayman Hamza, spokesperson for the Electricity and Renewable Energy Ministry, told Al-Monitor.

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