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Updated May 2003
Nuclear Facilities
Fuel Fabrication
Name: Semi-Pilot Fuel Laboratory
Other Names: Nuclear Fuel Research Laboratory, Fuel Element Fabrication Laboratory
Location: Nuclear Research Center, Inshas
Subordinate To: Department of Metalurgy, NRC
Size: Laboratory scale
Primary Function: Production of nuclear fuel
Description: This laboratory scale UO2 fuel fabrication facility was constructed indegenously by the Egyptian AEA with assistance and equipment from the Federal Replublic of Germany. Construction may have been completed in 1987. However, it appears that the facility did not become fully operational until 1990. It was built to experiment with the processes of producing PHWR fuel.
Name: Fuel Manufacturing Plant (FMPP)
Other Names: Fuel Element Pilot Plant
Location: Inchas
Subordinate To: Department of Metalurgy, NRC
Size: Pilot plant designed to produce from 20-40 fuel elements/year
Primary Function: Production of nuclear fuel for the ETRR-2 research reactor
Description: The Fuel Manufacturing Pilot Plant (FMPP) supplies Egypt's Multi-Purpose Reactor (ETRR-2) with the necessary nuclear fuel elements for its operation when needed. The ETRR-2 uses MTR plate type (19.75% uranium enriched) fuel elements. The plant was designed and constructed by INVAP and became operational in May 1998. The plant's capacity is reportedly either 24 or 40 fuel elements per year, which is sufficient for the continuous operation of the reactor.
Key Sources:
Abdel-Azim, Adel-Halim, "Safety analysis report of Uranium Dioxide Fuel Laboratory," Kernforschungsanlage Juelich G.m.b.H, July 1987; "Egypt's Budding Nuclear Program," Risk Report, Volume 2, Number 5, September-October 1996, <http://www.wisconsinproject.org/countries/egypt/nuke.html>; "Nuclear Fuel Cycle Facility Report: Inchas Nuclear Fuel Laboratory," Nuclear Fuel Cycle Information System (NFCIS), 1 January 1999; EGY/4/015 Zircaloy Cladding Materials, EGY/4/016 Fuel Cladding 1980 1981, EGY/4/017 Fuel Element Fabrication, IAEA TechWeb Country Project Database, <http://www-tc.iaea.org/tcweb/tcprogramme/projectsbycountry/query/
default.asp>; Federation of Atomic Scientists (FAS), June 2000, <http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/egypt/facility/nrc.htm>.
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