Egypt plans to start mining Uranium in 2024

Egypt plans to start mining crude uranium in 2024 as part of the country's rapidly developing program for peaceful use of nuclear energy, Amr El-Hag Ali, according to the chairman of the Egyptian Atomic Energy Authority (EAEA).

"We will start mining crude uranium in 2024 with the help of Egyptian experts and ideas,"  Amr El-Hag Ali, the chairman of the EAEA told the Capital Broadcasting Center on Tuesday.

The EAEA chief noted since crude uranium cannot be used in nuclear power plant reactors, Cairo will have to send it to other countries for processing.

Al-Hajj pointed out that Egypt possesses at the same time one of the nine nuclear fuel production plants in the world. He added that this would allow Cairo to save money, as importing fuel is more expensive than producing it locally.

"If we reach serious agreements, then we will probably be able to export nuclear fuel used for scientific reactors," El-Hag told the broadcaster.