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Installation of the core catcher has started at El-Dabaa NPP Unit 4 Rosatom, PUBLISHED 21.11.2024 Works for installation of the body of molten corium catcher (the so-called core catcher) of El-Dabaa NPP Unit 4 in Egypt (the General Designer and General Contractor being Rosatom Engineering Division) started on November 19. The core catcher is long-lead equipment. It consists of several elements with the total weight over 700 tons (the weight of the core catcher body is 155 tons). "The core catcher is one of the key safety components of power units of Generation III+. It is symbolic that we are beginning the installation of the core catcher at Unit 4 on Nuclear Energy Day celebrated in Egypt on November 19. Works for construction of all the four units of the first nuclear power plant in Egypt are in full swing with observance of all the international requirements. In each of its projects, Rosatom puts safety above all, and the Egyptian construction site is no exception for us," said Alexey Likhachev, Director General of Rosatom. Other news: WANO appoints Jose Gago as its new Chair Effective on 1 March 2025. 415 nuclear units are operating in the world 63 units are under construction. Six reactors with a capacity of 55 MW each. |
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