A nuclear reactor presently under construction at Inshas, 35 kilometers from Cairo, will become critical early this year, according to a report by the International Atomic Energy Agency. The reactor is described as identical with the WWR stroke C reactor of the Academy of Science in Moscow.
The third volume of the World Directory of Nuclear Reactors, published by the IAEA, describes the reactor as a tank type, using enriched uranium, light water moderated and cooled. The directory gives its purpose as “research.” The reactor is the property of the UAR Atomic Energy Commission. Fabrication of its components, according to the directory, is by the USSR.
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