The RPF was supplied by the Argentine company Investigacion Aplicada (INVAP)[5] and was commissioned during October and November 2011.

[6] The RPF is owned and operated by the Egyptian Atomic Energy Authority (EAEA)[7] at the Nuclear Research Center in Inshas, 60 kilometers northeast of Cairo.

[11] RPF was officially inaugurated by the former Prime Minister, Ibrahim Mahlab on 15 August 2015[12] and the ceremony was attended by Conrado Assenza, the Associate Ambassador of Argentina in Egypt; Mohamed Shaker, the Minister of Electricity and Energy of Egypt; Sherif Hamad, the Minister of Scientific Research of Egypt; Atef Abdel Fattah, the President of the Egyptian Atomic Energy Authority (EAEA) and Yasser Tawfik, the project director.

[9] Radioisotopes Production Facility (RPF) is located at the Nuclear Research Center in Inshas, near ETRR-2 research reactor and Fuel Manufacturing Pilot Plant (FMPP) as the three facilities share the same auxiliary services with high degree of integration between ETRR-2 and RPF to ensure safe transfer of the irradiated targets for radioisotope production.

[13] The produced high-level waste from the RPF, stored near the ETRR-2 reactor waiting for final disposal in deep geological formations.