Russian President Vladimir Putin and Egyptian leader Abdel Fattah el-Sisi took part in the ceremony via videoconference. The heads of the two states symbolically started the laying of concrete in the foundation slab of Unit 4. They emphasized that the construction of the NPP is the most important project for Russian-Egyptian relations.
The event was attended by Egyptian Prime Minister Mustafa Madbouly, Head of the Rosatom State Corporation Alexey Likhachev, General Director of JSC CONCERN TITAN-2 Grigory Naginsky and other officials.
Recall that the construction of the first power unit of the Egyptian NPP began in July 2022, of the second one in November 2022, and of the third one in May 2023. In early autumn last year, a license was obtained for the construction of the fourth power unit of the El Dabaa NPP.
JSC CONCERN TITAN-2 is one of the contractors for the construction of the first nuclear power plant in the Republic of Egypt. The company's specialists are involved in the construction of the third and fourth power units of the future NPP.
Albina Burnatseva, First Deputy Director General of JSC CONCERN TITAN-2 Branch in Cairo:
“The first concrete at Unit 4 is an important event for us. We were ready for it in November, but at the request of the Egyptian side, we postponed the event until January. While we were waiting for this date, we managed to complete a high volume of works - we prepared the foundation slab, carried out partial reinforcement, installed the Class 4 safety pipeline and started on the Class 3 pipeline. By the end of the year, we shall complete works on the foundation slab and start installing the first tier of the containment. At Unit 3, the foundation slab is already 80% complete. Specialists have started reinforcing the walls of the reactor building tendon gallery and have completed concreting the inner radius of the walls. In the fall, installation of the melt trap body will begin here”.
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The TITAN-2 Holding is a Russian group of companies that builds nuclear facilities. Organisations of the Holding perform the whole cycle of works, from development of basic design documentation to facility commissioning.
The TITAN-2 Holding is the general contractor for construction of the new power units of the Leningrad NPP. At the construction site, the organisations of the Holding perform all civil construction, installation, and electric installation works.
The Holding participates in the construction of Akkuyu NPP in Turkey, Paks II NPP in Hungary and El-Dabaa NPP in Egypt.