Likhachev announced the construction of a desalinator at the site of the nuclear power plant "Ed-Dabaa"

The head of Rosatom, Alexei Likhachev, said that the state corporation will build a water desalination plant at the site of the Ed-Dabaa nuclear power plant in Egypt. He spoke about the project on November 12 in Antalya, where he spoke at the climate conference COP31.

The General Director of the state corporation explained that the installation with a capacity of 170 million cubic meters. m per year would like to place the President of Egypt on the territory of the nuclear power plant. “This is a very large volume, and we have such technologies,” said Alexey Likhachev.

In Antalya, he also estimated how many nuclear power plants that Rosatom is building in Egypt, Turkey and Iran will last. According to him, the stations in these countries will operate for more than 100 years. The CEO added that the company itself specifies for them a period of “60 plus years”.

Likhachev announced plans to build a desalinator at a discussion on climate solutions for food systems. He provided information about access to water. More than 2 billion people on Earth live without access to safe drinking water. Moderate or severe water shortages affect 2.1 billion people and around 700 million suffer from hunger.

In addition, in an interview with RT at the forum, he spoke about the construction of the Hungarian Paks-2 nuclear power plant. According to him, the current Cabinet accepts the work that the state corporation conducts under the program approved by the previous government. Likhachev called the station the largest energy facility in the country and expressed hope that the project will remain a priority in any political course.

Due to problems with payments and logistics, it is more difficult to work in Europe than in Asia. He confirmed that Rosatom is ready to continue work on the Hungarian site.