Post by peterd on Oct 14, 2013 7:24:05 GMT -8
Egypt recently announced the renewal of its plan to establish a nuclear power plant. This intention was expressed in statements made by the Egyptian minister of electricity and energy in mid-September 2013 during meetings he held with International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) officials, and in a speech given by Egyptian President 'Adly Mansour on the 40th anniversary of the 1973 war last week.
The Egyptian nuclear program began in the 1950s with the intent to establish a nuclear power plant in a dedicated site in the city of Al-Dab'a in the Matrouh governorate in Northwest Egypt, on the shore of the Mediterranean. This plan was suspended in 1986 following the Chernobyl disaster, but was revived in the early 21st century under President Hosni Mubarak, possibly due to the leniency of the U.S. and the West towards the nuclear programs of India, Pakistan, and North Korea, as well as the perception that a nuclear program would help strengthen Egypt's position as a regional power.[1] Under Mubarak, the project ran into difficulties, and after his regime was ousted in February 2011 it was halted completely. After the anti-Mubarak revolution, the residents of Al-Dab'a, who had objected for years to the establishment of a nuclear site in the city - citing health and safety concerns, and claiming that they had rights to the land - invaded the site and wreaked havoc there.[2]
www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/7458.htm
The Egyptian nuclear program began in the 1950s with the intent to establish a nuclear power plant in a dedicated site in the city of Al-Dab'a in the Matrouh governorate in Northwest Egypt, on the shore of the Mediterranean. This plan was suspended in 1986 following the Chernobyl disaster, but was revived in the early 21st century under President Hosni Mubarak, possibly due to the leniency of the U.S. and the West towards the nuclear programs of India, Pakistan, and North Korea, as well as the perception that a nuclear program would help strengthen Egypt's position as a regional power.[1] Under Mubarak, the project ran into difficulties, and after his regime was ousted in February 2011 it was halted completely. After the anti-Mubarak revolution, the residents of Al-Dab'a, who had objected for years to the establishment of a nuclear site in the city - citing health and safety concerns, and claiming that they had rights to the land - invaded the site and wreaked havoc there.[2]
www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/7458.htm