El Dabaa
| El Dabaa الضبعة | |
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El Dabaa (Arabic: الضبعة pronounced [edˈdɑbʕɑ]) is a Markaz in Egypt that lies 183.9 miles away from Cairo Airport, Cairo on the north coast. It is famous for the proposal of establishing a new nuclear reactor in it.[1] In 2012, radioactive material was stolen from the site.[2]
El Dabaa has been targeted by protesters who are claiming that their land was wrongly taken by the government to make way for the nuclear plant. As of 2012, and as a result of those protests, the site has been shut down.[2] The protests that targeted El Dabaa was ended by the court announcing that they have the right in the land.
El Dabaa Nuclear Project
The residents of El-Dabaa decided to give up the land.[3] The Armed Forces thanked the residents of El-Dabaa for their contributions in handing over the land allocated for the establishment of nuclear power plant. In a statement released on 30 September 2013, Egyptian Army spokesman Ahmed Mohammed Ali said that the Army is committed to taking the necessary procedures to compensate those affected from the project.[4]
On 7 November 2013 President Adly Mansour announced that the nuclear power program will be restarted.[3] On 14 November 2013, a spokesman for the electricity ministry named Aktham Abouelela stated that the tender to build the reactor will begin in January 2014,[5] though it has been delayed until the end of 2014.[6] The target year for operation is 2019; the plant would be used for 6 years.[7] The plant would function as a light water reactor and would have a capacity of 950 to 1,650 megawatts.[7]
Climate
Köppen-Geiger climate classification system classifies its climate as hot desert (BWh), but it is highly moderated by its proximity to the Mediterranean Sea along the northern coast of Egypt.
| Climate data for El Dabaa | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 28.6 (83.5) |
30.9 (87.6) |
38.2 (100.8) |
43.2 (109.8) |
47.1 (116.8) |
46.8 (116.2) |
39.0 (102.2) |
41.8 (107.2) |
40.0 (104) |
37.7 (99.9) |
32.6 (90.7) |
28.3 (82.9) |
47.1 (116.8) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 17.8 (64) |
18.7 (65.7) |
20.4 (68.7) |
23.6 (74.5) |
26 (79) |
28.5 (83.3) |
29.4 (84.9) |
30 (86) |
28.9 (84) |
26.7 (80.1) |
23.2 (73.8) |
19.7 (67.5) |
24.4 (75.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 12.8 (55) |
13.7 (56.7) |
15 (59) |
17.8 (64) |
20.6 (69.1) |
23.8 (74.8) |
25.4 (77.7) |
25.8 (78.4) |
24.5 (76.1) |
22 (72) |
18.2 (64.8) |
14.4 (57.9) |
19.5 (67.1) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 7.8 (46) |
8.1 (46.6) |
9.7 (49.5) |
12.1 (53.8) |
14.6 (58.3) |
18.2 (64.8) |
20.7 (69.3) |
21 (70) |
19.5 (67.1) |
16.6 (61.9) |
13 (55) |
9.3 (48.7) |
14.2 (57.6) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 0.9 (33.6) |
2.8 (37) |
3.1 (37.6) |
5.6 (42.1) |
8.4 (47.1) |
11.6 (52.9) |
14.5 (58.1) |
15.6 (60.1) |
13.7 (56.7) |
11.4 (52.5) |
7.4 (45.3) |
1.8 (35.2) |
0.9 (33.6) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 32 (1.26) |
18 (0.71) |
8 (0.31) |
2 (0.08) |
2 (0.08) |
1 (0.04) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
1 (0.04) |
12 (0.47) |
15 (0.59) |
28 (1.1) |
119 (4.69) |
| Avg. precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 3.4 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 2.6 | 11.3 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 67 | 65 | 67 | 64 | 66 | 67 | 69 | 69 | 66 | 65 | 64 | 64 | 66.1 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 200.7 | 205.4 | 255.7 | 279.4 | 317.3 | 356.4 | 374.0 | 354.9 | 313.8 | 274.9 | 228.0 | 205.0 | 3,365.5 |
| Source: NOAA[8] | |||||||||||||
References
- ↑ Cairo prepares El Dabaa nuclear power site
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Sharon Weinberger (17 July 2013). "Radioactive material stolen in Egypt". Nature.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Mansour revives plan for nuclear power plant on Egyptian coast". Ahram Online. 7 November 2013.
- ↑ "Egypt: Armed Forces Thank Dabaa Residents". Egypt State Information Service. 1 October 2013.
- ↑ "Egypt to seek bids for first nuclear plant". Daily News Egypt. 14 November 2013.
- ↑ "Nuclear plant tender to launch by year’s end; winning country to finance project: El-Osery". Daily News Egypt. 20 July 2014.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Ministry plans to put nuclear plant construction to tender". Mada Masr. 15 November 2013.
- ↑ "Dabaa Climate Normals 1961–1990". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved April 5, 2015.