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Bangladesh’s First Nuclear Plant May Connect to the Grid by Late November
Bangladesh’s first nuclear power plant, Rooppur, is expected to connect its first unit to the national electricity grid by the end of November.
The plant is about 160 kilometres from Dhaka and is being built by the Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission with Russian support.
Its two reactors are designed to produce 1,200 megawatts each.
Fuel loading began in April, and the first unit is expected to start with an initial supply of 300 megawatts.
Russia has provided a state loan of $11.9 billion and is supplying equipment, nuclear fuel and technical assistance.
When fully operating, the plant is projected to meet up to 12% of Bangladesh’s electricity needs.
Bangladesh’s government will make the final decisions, while Russian specialists are working with local operators to support safe and effective operation.
Bangladesh’s first nuclear power plant is expected to connect its first unit to the national grid around the end of November.
Rosatom chief executive Aleksey Likhachev announced the target in Dhaka after meeting Bangladesh’s science and technology minister.
Fuel loading at the Rooppur plant began in April.
The Russian-backed project has two reactors, each with a capacity of 1,200 megawatts.
When fully operational, the plant is projected to meet up to 12% of Bangladesh’s electricity needs.
- Who
- Bangladesh’s Rooppur nuclear plant, built by the Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission with Russian support.
- What
- Its first unit is expected to connect to the national electricity grid around the end of November.
- When
- Around the end of November; the year is not stated.
- Where
- At the Rooppur plant, about 160 kilometres from Dhaka, Bangladesh.
- Why
- To generate electricity; the plant is projected to meet up to 12% of Bangladesh’s electricity needs when fully operational.
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Of course, we still have some work to do here. Our specialists are not only building, but standing shoulder to shoulder, working with the operators in Bangladesh to ensure the effective and safe operation of the plant.
All final decisions will be made by the government of Bangladesh, the people of Bangladesh. We are targeting around the end of November.
Fuel loading at the Rooppur plant began.
Bangladesh’s foreign minister praised the plant as a monument to cooperation between Bangladesh and Russia during a meeting with Russia’s foreign minister.
Rosatom chief executive Aleksey Likhachev announced in Dhaka that the first unit was targeted to connect to the grid around the end of November.
- Plant
- Rooppur nuclear power plant
- Location
- About 160 kilometres from Dhaka
- Reactors
- Two, each with a capacity of 1,200 megawatts
- Russian state loan
- US$11.9 billion
- Estimated total cost
- Up to US$12.8 billion
- Projected electricity share
- Up to 12% of Bangladesh’s needs when fully operational
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