El Dabaa nuclear power plant
El Dabaa nuclear power plant is a nuclear site in Egypt with 4 units on record. None is currently operating.
Units
| Unit | Status | Type | Model | Gross MW | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unit 1 | Under construction | PWR | VVER-1200 | 1,200 | 2028 |
| Unit 2 | Under construction | PWR | VVER-1200 | 1,200 | 2029 |
| Unit 3 | Under construction | PWR | VVER-1200 | 1,200 | 2029 |
| Unit 4 | Under construction | PWR | VVER-1200/V-529 | 1,200 | 2030 |
Unit by unit
Each unit's rating, type and milestone dates as recorded by the Global Nuclear Power Tracker, with any correction we made to it. A dash or "not disclosed" means the source does not give the value.
El Dabaa nuclear power plant 1 Under construction
| Reactor type | Pressurised water reactor (PWR) |
|---|---|
| Model | VVER-1200 |
| Size class | Large |
| Gross capacity | 1,200MW |
| Net capacity | 1,100MW |
| Thermal output | 3,200MWt |
| Enrichment | 3–5% U-235 |
| NSSS vendor | Rosatom |
| Owner | Nuclear Power Plants Authority100% |
| Operator | Nuclear Power Plants Authority |
| Construction start | 20 Jul 2022 |
|---|---|
| Commercial operation | 1 Jan 2028 |
El Dabaa nuclear power plant 2 Under construction
| Reactor type | Pressurised water reactor (PWR) |
|---|---|
| Model | VVER-1200 |
| Size class | Large |
| Gross capacity | 1,200MW |
| Net capacity | 1,100MW |
| Thermal output | 3,200MWt |
| Enrichment | 3–5% U-235 |
| NSSS vendor | Rosatom |
| Owner | Nuclear Power Plants Authority100% |
| Operator | Nuclear Power Plants Authority |
| Construction start | 19 Nov 2022 |
|---|---|
| Commercial operation | 1 Jan 2029 |
El Dabaa nuclear power plant 3 Under construction
| Reactor type | Pressurised water reactor (PWR) |
|---|---|
| Model | VVER-1200 |
| Size class | Large |
| Gross capacity | 1,200MW |
| Net capacity | 1,100MW |
| Thermal output | 3,200MWt |
| Enrichment | 3–5% U-235 |
| NSSS vendor | Rosatom |
| Owner | Nuclear Power Plants Authority100% |
| Operator | Nuclear Power Plants Authority |
| Construction start | 3 May 2023 |
|---|---|
| Commercial operation | 1 Jan 2029 |
El Dabaa nuclear power plant 4 Under construction
| Reactor type | Pressurised water reactor (PWR) |
|---|---|
| Model | VVER-1200/V-529 |
| Size class | Large |
| Gross capacity | 1,200MW |
| Net capacity | 1,100MW |
| Thermal output | 3,200MWt |
| Enrichment | 3–5% U-235 |
| NSSS vendor | Rosatom |
| Owner | Nuclear Power Plants Authority100% |
| Construction start | 23 Jan 2024 |
|---|---|
| Commercial operation | 1 Jan 2030 |
El Dabaa nuclear power plant in context
No other nuclear site with an exact position in this dataset lies within 300 km.
How these are worked out: ranks use gross operating capacity; ages count from the start-up year on record, as on the age page; build times run from construction start to grid connection, as on the build-times page; ratings are the tracker's net and design net capacity, as on the uprates page. Distances are straight-line between exact positions, so a site with only an approximate position gets none. A unit missing a date or a rating is left out of the figure that needs it.
Earthquakes nearby
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| Time (UTC) | Mag | Depth | Epicentre | Distance |
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Magnitude 4.0 and above within 200 km of El Dabaa nuclear power plant's listed coordinates, past 30 days. This is distance, not shaking: it says nothing about damage or any change in operation. Every plant.
| Location | Matrouh, Egypt |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 31.0442, 28.4978 |
| Elevation | about 15 mabove sea level |
| Setting | On the sea coast, 0.9 km from the water |
| Region | Northern Africa |
| Units by status | Under construction: 4 |
Elevation is read at the listed coordinates from a 30 m terrain model (SRTM 30 m). Two independent models differ by a median of 6 m across our plants and by up to about 40 m on steep or coastal ground, and a point on a shoreline can read as sea level. Distance to the water is measured to a generalised 1:10 million coastline, so a few kilometres or less is not resolved. This is context, not a design-basis or flood-risk figure.
| Owners | Nuclear Power Plants Authority |
|---|---|
| Operators | Nuclear Power Plants Authority |
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Sources
- Global Nuclear Power Tracker, Global Energy Monitor, August 2026 release , CC BY 4.0 · retrieved 2026-09-06
- GEM.wiki entry (further reading) , CC BY-SA 4.0, linked, not quoted
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