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Russia Kicks Off Production of Equipment for Egypt’s El-Dabaa NPP

General Director of the Russian major nuclear power corporation Rosatom Alexey Likhachev gives the green light to the production of the reactor pressure vessel for the first unit at Egypt’s El-Dabaa NPP. (Asharq Al-Awsat)
General Director of the Russian major nuclear power corporation Rosatom Alexey Likhachev gives the green light to the production of the reactor pressure vessel for the first unit at Egypt’s El-Dabaa NPP. (Asharq Al-Awsat)
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Russia Kicks Off Production of Equipment for Egypt’s El-Dabaa NPP

General Director of the Russian major nuclear power corporation Rosatom Alexey Likhachev gives the green light to the production of the reactor pressure vessel for the first unit at Egypt’s El-Dabaa NPP. (Asharq Al-Awsat)
General Director of the Russian major nuclear power corporation Rosatom Alexey Likhachev gives the green light to the production of the reactor pressure vessel for the first unit at Egypt’s El-Dabaa NPP. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Russia has announced launching the production of the reactor pressure vessel for the first unit at Egypt’s El-Dabaa Nuclear Power Plant (NPP).

Russia’s state-owned Rosatom is currently implementing Egypt’s first nuclear power plant project near the town of El-Dabaa.

The plant consists of four third-generation reactors with a total capacity of 4,800 megawatts, the first of which is planned to enter service by 2026.

Egypt expects that the NPP will operate at full capacity by 2030.

In remarks to Asharq Al-Awsat, the Russian Director of the Dabaa nuclear project, Grigory Sosnin, said that the nuclear reactor technology selected for this project makes it one of the world’s safest and most technologically advanced nuclear plants.

He affirmed that the NPP will contribute significantly to reducing carbon dioxide emissions.

General Director of the Russian major nuclear power corporation Rosatom Alexey Likhachev gave the green light to the production on Sunday.

He stressed that the NPP that will operate in Egypt will not only provide the country with green and sustainable energy for the next 100 years, but it's also considered the birth of an entire sector, a whole industry and an absolutely new level of quality of knowledge and quality of life for the African country.

“That is why today we are launching not only a reactor, but we are launching a new life, a new image of this life in Egypt,” Likhachev said.

In early June, Chairman of the Nuclear Power Plants Authority of Egypt (NPPA) Dr. Amgad Al-Wakeel headed a delegation to Leningrad NPP and Russian engineering factories manufacturing equipment for nuclear power plants within the framework of implementation of Rosatom State Corporation overseas projects.

The delegation attended the ceremony of production launch of blanks for the reactor pressure vessel of Unit 1 of El-Dabaa NPP.

It took place at the industrial site in Kolpino (St. Petersburg), where various equipment for NPPs is manufactured at Rosatom’s order.

Egypt and Rosatom had signed on December 11, 2017, several documents to put into force the commercial contracts for the construction of the El-Dabaa plant.

According to the contracts, Rosatom will not only build El-Dabaa NPP on the Mediterranean coast, but it will also conduct personnel training and will assist its Egyptian partners in the operation and maintenance of the plant for the first ten years of its operation.

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Iraq Preoccupied with Potential Broad Israeli Attack

Iraqi PM Mohammed Shi al-Sudani at an emergency national security council meeting. (Iraqi government)
Iraqi PM Mohammed Shi al-Sudani at an emergency national security council meeting. (Iraqi government)
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Iraq Preoccupied with Potential Broad Israeli Attack

Iraqi PM Mohammed Shi al-Sudani at an emergency national security council meeting. (Iraqi government)
Iraqi PM Mohammed Shi al-Sudani at an emergency national security council meeting. (Iraqi government)

Baghdad has been preoccupied this week with serious possibilities that Israel may expand its war on Gaza and Lebanon by striking several targets in Iraq in retaliation to attacks by Iran-backed armed factions.

Concern has been high that Israel may attack government buildings, oil fields and strategic locations, not just the positions of the armed factions that have previously launched attacks against Israel, said sources close to the pro-Iran ruling Coordination Framework.

Media sources have spoken of government speculation that Iraq could come under “300 Israeli attacks”.

The fears in Iraq have been compounded by an Israeli complaint to the United Nations Security Council against seven armed factions and holding Baghdad responsible for the attacks they have carried out against it.

This prompted the government, through the foreign ministry, to send an official letter to the Security Council, UN Secretary-General, Arab League and Organization of Islamic Cooperation in response to the Israeli threats.

The ministry said on Saturday that Iraq is “the cornerstone of stability in the region and world and it is one of the countries that are most committed to the UN Charter.”

“The Zionist entity’s letter to the Security Council is part of a systematic policy aimed at creating claims and excuses in an attempt to expand the conflict in the region.”

It said Iraq has turned to the Security Council out of Iraq’s keenness on the international body carrying out its duty in maintaining international peace and security and the need to rein in the “Zionist aggression in Gaza and Lebanon.”

Moreover, it stressed that Iraq has been keen on exercising restraint when it comes to the use of its airspace to attack a neighboring country.

Israel has used Iraqi airspace to launch attacks against Iran in October.

Iraq underscored the importance of the international community stepping in to “stop this hostile behavior that is a flagrant violation of international law.”

It called for international efforts to stop the Israeli escalation in the region and ensure that international laws and treaties are respected to consolidate security and stability.

Meanwhile, a source close to the Coordination Framework said the main Shiite parties are taking the Israeli threats “very seriously”, urging Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani's government to take “all the necessary measures to avert a potential Israeli strike.”

All leaders of armed factions, as well as Shiite leaders, have taken up alternative locations and are moving under great secrecy, confirming that they have changed the majority of their military positions, said the source.

It also dismissed claims that Israeli jets have overflown Iraq, saying nothing has been confirmed, but not ruling out the possibility, especially since US forces have control over Iraqi skies and Iraq is helpless against stopping these violations.

Iraq had submitted a formal complaint to the UN and Security Council over Israel’s use and violation of its airspace to attack Iran.

Analyst and former diplomat Ghazi Faisal said the pro-Iran armed factions have been gathering their forces in the Sinjar province, which is strategic for Iran’s arms deliveries and logistic support to Syria where attacks can be carried out against American forces and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.

Sinjar is one of the most important strategic bases for the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps, he added.

Furthermore, he noted that the armed factions insist on continuing the war against Israel, rejecting government calls for calm and neutrality.

The government’s statements are aimed at delivering a message that it “is not directly responsible for the strategy of these factions,” which follow Iran’s policies.

Iraq has repeatedly said that it refuses for its territory to be used to attack another country, but some observers believe that it may allow Iran to do so should Israel strike.