Bangladesh has stepped in the nuclear club through receiving the main fuel of the plant uranium and certificate of fuel delivery and model of the fuel assembly from Russia.
The first batch of fuel for operation of the much talked Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (RNPP) received at a ceremony in RNPP site, Ishwardi, Pabna.
Representative of ROSATOM handed over the Certificate and Model of Nuclear Fuel to Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at a function at its site as Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Russian President Vladimir Putin virtually joined it.
The model of the fuel assembly was handed over to Science and Technology Minister Architect Yeafesh Osman by ROSATOM Director General Alexy Likhachev at the ceremony in RNPP site, Ishwardi, Pabna.
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Russian President Vladimir Putin addressed the ceremony.
With the establishment of the Rooppur nuclear power plant, Bangladesh has become the 33rd nuclear power-using country in the world, said Yeafesh Osman.
The Science and Technology minister hoped that this project would accelerate industrialization in the northern region of the country which is comparatively marginalized. বিস্তারিত