The Egyptian Atomic Energy Authority (EAEA) has been established in 1955.
Egypt was the second in the African Continent, after South Africa, to build a nuclear reactor.
The first research reactor (ET-RR-1), commissioned in 1961, is a Van de Graf type 4 MW reactor engineered and built by Russia.
Another research reactor (ET-RR-2) is 22 MW open pool MultiPurpose Reactor (MPR) located at Inshas, 60 km from Cairo, engineered and built by INVAP from Argentina.
[1] The EAEA has scientists educated in the topmost universities and research institutes.