AfrPowerOS country record
Egypt's nuclear & energy program
Egypt's nuclear power program status: Under Construction (IAEA milestone phase 3). Confidence-labelled, cited records on capacity, grid targets, regulators, vendors and key events, from the open AfrPowerOS dataset.
Egypt — key facts
- CountryEgypt
- RegionNorth Africa
- Program statusUnder Construction — Reactor(s) being built, not yet operational
- IAEA milestone phasePhase 3 — Ready to operate the first nuclear power plant
- Commercial reactors operating0
- Commercial reactors under construction4
- Planned capacity4.8 GW
- First grid target2028
- Research reactorETRR-1 (2 MW) and ETRR-2 (22 MW)
- RegulatorEgyptian Nuclear and Radiological Regulatory Authority (ENRRA)
- Implementing agencyNuclear Power Plants Authority (NPPA)
- VendorsRosatom
- AgreementsRussia-Egypt intergovernmental agreement (2015); Russian state loan facility (~USD 25 billion)
- Electricity access100.0%
- Installed capacity59000.0 MW
- ConfidenceVerified
- Last verified2026-08-16
Summary
El Dabaa nuclear power plant: 4 x VVER-1200 under construction on the Mediterranean coast. First concrete July 2022; Unit 1 targeted for grid connection ~2028, all four units ~2030. Africa's first new nuclear build in decades.
Key events
- 2022-07First concrete poured at El Dabaa Unit 1 source
- 2015Russia-Egypt agreement signed; El Dabaa construction launch source
Claims and confidence labels
- program_statusUnder ConstructionVerifiedobserved 2022-07 · verified 2026-08-16 source
- iaea_milestone_phase3Inferenceobserved 2026 · verified 2026-08-16 source
- commercial_reactors_operating0Verifiedobserved 2022-07 · verified 2026-08-16 source
- commercial_reactors_under_construction4Verifiedobserved 2025-07 · verified 2026-08-16 source
- capacity_gw_planned4.8Verifiedobserved 2022-07 · verified 2026-08-16 source
- first_grid_target_year2028Verifiedobserved 2026-08 · verified 2026-08-16 source
- research_reactorETRR-1 (2 MW) and ETRR-2 (22 MW)Inferenceobserved 2026 · verified 2026-08-16 source
- vendorsRosatomVerifiedobserved 2022-07 · verified 2026-08-16 source
- agreementsRussia-Egypt intergovernmental agreement (2015), Russian state loan facility (~USD 25 billion)Verifiedobserved 2015-11 · verified 2026-08-16 source
Sources
Related countries
Morocco, Algeria, Sudan, Tunisia
Confidence labels: Verified (primary source), Inference (reasonable reading of verified evidence), Speculation (hypothesis), Unverified (reported, not confirmed). See the methodology.