CAIRO: Egypt's Minister of Electricity and Energy Hassan Younis on Friday said a consultant house and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) have updated studies on the planned Daba nuclear facility and have given Egypt details on additional sites for the successive stages. Younis said in a statement that since the beginning of this year, the special specifications of the tender for establishing the first Egyptian plant in Daba have been done in line with studies undertaken by the world consultant house on nuclear power. He added that these studies are aimed at maintaining safety security of citizens, environment and the society. He said a comprehensive survey of reactors market has been conducted on the technical specifications of the plants using heavy and light water, by Russian, French, US, Canadian, Korean, Japanese and Chinese Companies so that Egypt may get the best technical and financial conditions. Meanwhile, Younis said that the development of the 12th unit of generators of the High Dam power station will be completed before the end of November. It will be the last unit to be rehabilitated, Younis noted. He added that upgrading the 11th unit was over late September. Renovations were carried out through a Russian-German consortium and an Egyptian company, he said. The total cost of upgrading the High Dam power station has hit LE 107 billion so far, according to Younis. BM
