The final report on the project to generate electrical power from nuclear stations will be submitted to President Hosni Mubarak in November, who will make the political decision on executing the project, al-Masry al-Youm was told.
Official sources said the studies on the nuclear safety system, funding, costing, environmental aspects, feasibility and Al Daba'ah site re-evaluation that were conducted by a panel of expertise will be submitted to the Higher Energy Council upon their expected completion in November.
The sources told al-Masry al-Youm that a follow up meeting was held in the past few days at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) headquarters, and that the meeting was attended by the heads of the Egyptian nuclear stations and atomic energy authorities, representatives from the Egyptian Embassy in Austria, the IAEA's deputy director general for technical cooperation and the head of IAEA atomic energy department.
Egyptian nuclear officials discussed the program's plans and studies with their counterparts from the IAEA, which plays the role of the technical consultant charged with reviewing all studies pertaining to the project and insuring they match the IAEA's nuclear stations standards.
The two sides agreed to hold a second meeting in Cairo in August, which will focus on Egypt's plans to turn the National Nuclear Safety Center into an independent body that will have auditing, licensing, and inspection authorities in line with its own bylaws, which will make it independent form the Egyptian atomic energy body.
