Egypt is a signatory of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and has signed but not yet ratified the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT). It is one of the 44 listed countries needed to sign and ratify for the CTBT to enter into force.

Egypt has an active nuclear research programme with two small research reactors in operation.

In September 2006, Gamal Mubarak, son of President Hosni Mubarak and assistant secretary general of the ruling National Democratic Party, announced at the party conference that Egypt should pursue nuclear energy to meet its growing energy needs. President Hosni Mubarak echoed this statement at the end of the conference on 21 September 2006.

Electricity and Energy Minister Hasan Younes has put forth plans to construct a 1,000 megawatt power station at Al-Dabah, and possibly three other 600 megawatt power stations. It is estimated that the first reactor could be completed within a decade and the last could be finished as soon as 2020. A site at El-Daaba near Alexandria has already been selected.

Read the profile on Egypt from the Model Nuclear Inventory (pdf), produced by the Reaching Critical Will project of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom.