Korean group preselected for major subcontracts on Egyptian nuclear power plant

Russian State-owned nuclear group Rosatom has selected South Korean group Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power (KHNP) to be the sole bidder for several major contracts for the El Dabaa nuclear power plant (NPP) in Egypt, World Nuclear News (WNN) reported on Tuesday. KHNP is a subsidiary of Korea Electric Power Corporation (better known as Kepco). El Dabaa will be Egypt’s first NPP, and is planned to be composed of four reactors and will be built by Rosatom. These reactors will all be VVER-1200 units (VVER being the Russian equivalent to the Western pressurised water reactor.)