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The first nuclear fuel has been delivered to the construction site of the Rooppur NPP in Bangladesh, representing the transition of the plant to the formal status of a nuclear facility. The ceremony marking the event was attended by the Russian President Vladimir Putin, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, and the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (Rafael Mariano Grossi) by video link. Present at the event were Rosatom Director General Alexey Likhachev, and the Bangladesh Minister of Science & Technology Yafesh Osman and other official guests.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 11 October 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsrosatom-delivers-first-fuel-to-rooppur-11205734
Bangladesh wants to build another nuclear power plant after its first one is completed, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said yesterday as work at the Rooppur plant reached a critical milestone. "If we are able to build another nuclear power plant, we will no longer face a power crisis," she said after inaugurating the installation of the reactor pressure vessel at Rooppur 1. Hasina's words were reported by the country's official news agency Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha after a briefing from her press secretary Ihsanul Karim on a meeting with Rosatom head Alexey Likhachov.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Tuesday, 12 October 2021
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Bangladesh-plans-another-nuclear-power-plant