‘Deliberate negligence’: Russian nuclear power company with EU operations accused of violating safety standards
Rosatom’s Egyptian plant will use the same technology as a facility the company is building in Hungary.
A Russian state-controlled corporation, Rosatom, is under scrutiny by Egyptian nuclear authorities for alleged safety, security, and engineering failures at the El Dabaa nuclear power plant in Egypt. The Egyptian Nuclear Power Plants Authority has identified defects in multiple reactor units, including voids behind metal cladding at Unit 4, foundation slab issues at Units 1, 2, and 3, and structural problems in Unit 4's reactor building.
The agency also accuses Rosatom of employing misleading methods and fictitious work to claim the plant is over halfway complete, despite visual inspections revealing that the main buildings remain in the underground construction phase. The letter, addressed to a Rosatom executive, accuses the corporation of employing a "deliberate negligence" approach and maintaining an unprofessional workplace culture.
Workers have been caught in possession of prohibited alcoholic beverages, using forged passes, impersonating others, and sharing construction site photos and videos on social media, which may have negatively impacted the project's reputation. Rosatom has denied the allegations, stating that they uphold the highest levels of nuclear safety and have done so throughout the construction of El Dabaa.
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