Egypt's PM opens project of radioisotope production at Inshas

Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab opened Saturday a project of Radioisotope Production at Inshas.

Mahlab also inspected Egypt's second research reactor, where he was accompanied by the ministers of electricity and scientific research along with the governors of Qaliyoubia and Sharqiya, the deputy of electricity minister and officials from the Egyptian Atomic Energy Authority (EAEA) and a representative from the Argentinian embassy to Egypt.

The project of Radioisotope Production comes as part of the EAEA's plan to make use of reactor facilities in the field of peaceful uses of atomic energy, said the EAEA president Atef Abdel Hamid.

The EAEA launched an international tender to establish a factory for Radioisotope Production in Inshas, he said, adding that Invap, Argentina's leading nuclear organization, won the tender at a total cost of about 22 million dollars.