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The third batch of nuclear fuel has been delivered to the Rooppur NPP under construction in Bangladesh. The fuel arrived at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on a special aircraft from Russia. A senior official of the Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission (BAEC) received the fuel consignment at the airport and it was then delivered to the NPP site under special security arrangements with the Bangladesh Army. Traffic movement was restricted during its transportation.

Date: Wednesday, 18 October 2023
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsthird-batch-of-nuclear-fuel-arrives-at-rooppur-11224391

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.

Date: Wednesday, 11 October 2023
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsrosatom-delivers-first-fuel-to-rooppur-11205734

Bangladesh's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Russian President Vladimir Putin and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi have taken part in a ceremony to mark the arrival of the first batch of nuclear fuel at the Rooppur nuclear power plant.

Date: Friday, 06 October 2023
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/First-nuclear-fuel-delivered-as-Bangladesh-joins-n

The delivery of nuclear fuel to the Rooppur NPP under construction in Bangladesh will begin in September 2023 according to Minister of Science & Technology Yafesh Osman. The fuel will be delivered to Dhaka by air, and then transported by land transport to the plant site. The Bangladeshi military will take control of the ground part of the logistics operation. “We are expecting that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) director general and Russian president will virtually join our prime minister at the handover programme," he said.

Date: Saturday, 08 July 2023
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsfuel-delivery-for-rooppur-npp-to-begin-in-september-10990694

Bangladesh is to make its payments to Russia for the Rooppur nuclear power plant construction in Chinese yuan as a result of sanctions stopping payments in US dollars.

Date: Wednesday, 19 April 2023
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Rooppur-Bangladesh-paying-Russia-in-yuan-to-sidest

Bangladesh's ambassador in Moscow was summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry after "several dozen" Russian vessels were banned from calling at ports in Bangladesh, including at least one ship carrying equipment for the Rooppur nuclear power plant under construction.

Date: Friday, 24 February 2023
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Russia-urges-Bangladesh-to-resist-sanctions-pressu

Bangladesh's ambassador in Moscow was summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry after "several dozen" Russian vessels were banned from calling at ports in Bangladesh, including at least one ship carrying equipment for the Rooppur nuclear power plant under construction.

Date: Thursday, 23 February 2023
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Russia-urges-Bangladesh-to-resist-sanctions-black

Despite the difficult economic situation and sanctions, Rosatom's exports will grow by about 15% by the end of the year compared with 2021, Rosatom Director General Alexei Likhachev said in an extensive interview with Izvestia. Countries where new projects are already underway or are beginning include China, Turkey, Egypt, Hungary, India, Bangladesh, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. 

Date: Wednesday, 04 January 2023
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsrosatoms-likhachev-on-russias-nuclear-future-10486156

Installation of the metal structures of the outer containment dome for the reactor building of unit 1 at the Rooppur NPP in Bangladesh, has been completed, according to the Engineering Division of Rosatom (ASE). The upper part of the dome, which weighs 100 tons with a diameter 34.4 metres, was mounted in the design position at a height of 57.14 metres. The height of the structure is 63,910 metres, and will reach 64,500 metres after the dome is concreted.

Date: Wednesday, 23 November 2022
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsouter-containment-installed-at-rooppur-npp-10376545

Despite reports of delays in the construction of the Rooppur NPP in Bangladesh, steady progress is being achieved. Rosatom Director General Alexey Likhachev arrived in Bangladesh on 19 October on a working visit timed to coincide with the installation of the reactor pressure vessel (RPV) at unit 2 of the plant. Likhachev and Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wazed launched the final stage of the RPV installation at construction site in the Ishwardi region.

Date: Saturday, 22 October 2022
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsvver-1200-reactor-pressure-vessel-installed-rooppur-npp-unit-2-10106625