The first groups of specialists from Egypt’s El-Dabaa Nuclear Power Plant and Russian officials pose for a photo in St. Petersburg- Press photo from the Rosatom Technical AcademyCAIRO - 13 September 2021: The Rosatom Technical Academy has started training for the first groups of specialists from Egypt’s El-Dabaa Nuclear Power Plant (Egypt’s 1th NPP)at the St. Petersburg branch of the academy, according to a statement from the academy issued on September 9, 2021. The training program comes within the framework of contracts related to the construction of the El-Dabaa plant, the statement said. “Rosatom will train about 1,700 specialists in the framework of this program by 2028. The program will take place at both Rosatom Technical Academy in Russia and the Nuclear Power Plant Training Centre in Egypt,” the statement read. In 2014, Egypt and Russia announced their cooperation in the nuclear power field.
