El Dabaa Nuclear Power Plant
| El Dabaa Nuclear Power Plant | |
|---|---|
| Official name | محطة الضبعة للطاقة النووية |
| Country | Egypt |
| Location | El Dabaa, North Coast |
| Coordinates | 31°2′39″N 28°29′52″E / 31.04417°N 28.49778°E |
| Status | Under construction |
| Construction began | July 20, 2022 |
| Commission date | 2028 (expected) |
| Construction cost | US$28.75 billion |
| Owner | Nuclear Power Plants Authority |
| Nuclear power station | |
| Reactor type | VVER-1200 |
| Reactor supplier | Rosatom |
| Cooling source | Mediterranean Sea |
| Power generation | |
| Units under const. | 4 × 1,200 MW |
| Nameplate capacity | 4,800 MW |
| External links | |
| Website | nppa.gov.eg |
El Dabaa Nuclear Power Plant (Egyptian Arabic: محطة الضبعة للطاقة النووية) is an under construction nuclear power plant in El Dabaa, Matrouh Governorate, Egypt, about 320 kilometers northwest of Cairo. It is the first nuclear power plant in Egypt. The plant will have four VVER-1200 reactors, making Egypt the only country in the region to have a Generation III+ reactor.