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Korea has decided to participate as an operator in the Egyptian nuclear power plant construction project ordered by Russia.

This is the first large-scale nuclear power plant project in 13 years.



Reporter Jeong Hye-jin on the sidewalk.



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El Dava is 295 km northwest of Cairo, the capital of Egypt.



Four 1,200MW-class nuclear power plants will be built here with the goal of operating Unit 1 in 2028.



Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power has confirmed its participation in a large-scale construction project with a total project cost of $30 billion and KRW 40 trillion.



The main contractor, a Russian nuclear power plant, builds the nuclear reactor and containment building, while KHNP builds the surrounding facilities, including a turbine building that produces electricity, and supplies equipment.



The experience of constructing the UAE's Baccarat nuclear power plant 13 years ago has been a major benefit.



[Jung Dong-wook / President of the Korean Atomic Energy Society: There is no country other than Korea that has built a nuclear power plant in the desert.

Didn't even Russia prove that it had no choice but to trust and follow Korea's technology (I think)]



Our order size is 3 trillion won.



Although it is not a large share of the total project cost, it is expected to open the breath of life in the domestic nuclear power plant industry, which has been cut off due to the nuclear phase-out policy.



In the past five years, the sales of nuclear power plant parts suppliers have plummeted by 26%, and the number of nuclear power plant specialists has also decreased by 15%.



[Nam Yo-sik / Head of Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Growth Business Division: Because we participate together with many domestic companies, it will play a big role in revitalizing the domestic nuclear power plant ecosystem.]



The Yoon Seok-yeol government pledged to export 10 nuclear power plants to overseas exports also has a green light. turned on.



After submitting a business proposal to Poland in April, KHNP decided to participate in a bid for a project in the Czech Republic worth KRW 8 trillion in November.



KEPCO also plans to win the Saudi nuclear power plant order with the summit meeting between President Yoon Seok-yeol and Saudi Crown Prince bin Salman in November.



(Video editing: Kim Jin-won)