Egypt asks S. Korea to help train nuclear energy engineers

SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Yonhap) -- Egypt has asked South Korea to help train its nuclear
energy engineers, the state-run Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA)
said Monday.

The agency said the Egyptian government has formally made the request with Seoul
as part of its support program for developing economies.
The Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute in Daejeon, about 160 kilometers south
of Seoul. will be responsible for training the Egyptian engineers, although
details of the training program have yet to be fixed.
From 2001 onwards, KOICA arranged programs to train 400 nuclear engineers from
such countries as Vietnam, Indonesia and Nigeria.
It said interest in South Korea's commercial nuclear power generation
capabilities has gone up sharply since Seoul signed a deal to build four reactors
for the United Arab Emirates late last year.
The US$20 billion contract is the first export order received by the country,
making South Korea the sixth exporter of nuclear reactors after the United
States, France, Canada, Russia and Japan.
yonngong@yna.co.kr
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