also Egypt will be extracting natural gas by next year which will cut off energy costs and thus alleviate the nuclear power plant expenses and will be enough to export to other countries like Syria for example ...
historically Egypt and Syria have been very close and the environment for a second Union project could be a savior once again for both countries since the dissolution in 1961 I believe...

No way the Russians gonna construct a nuclear plant without a political settlement not only in Syria but also in Iraq

These are more political interests rather than economics