FIRE PROTECTION AT DABAA NUCLEAR POWER PLANT ACCORDING TO REQUIREMENTS OF INTERNATIONAL AND LOCAL CODES

Abstract

Nuclear energy is one of the most promising energy sources in the Arab world. Since the fifties of the last century, the Arab Republic of Egypt was one of the first Arab countries to build the first atomic research reactor in the city of Anshas, and international agreements followed through for many years until 2022, when a building permit was issued for the first nuclear reactor to generate electric power in the city of El-Dabaa near the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, after being sure that the site is ready to start construction and that no risks will affect humans, the environment or property in accordance with the standards of the International Atomic Energy Agency. Among the potential risks, which constitute a very serious threat to the safety of nuclear facilities, is the outbreak of fires. There are many international standards concerned with the protection of facilities from fires. Such as the guidelines of the International Energy Agency and some American and British specifications, as well as the Egyptian code for the foundations of design and implementation requirements to protect buildings from fire. This research paper examines the appropriateness of applying this code when constructing El Dabaa nuclear plant. Copyright © 2023 by the authors. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International Public License (CC BY-SA 4.0)