ROOPPUR NUCLEAR POWER PLANT

Project likely to be delayed by a year

Implementation of Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant project is likely to get delayed by a year, said Maksim V Elchishchev, who has been appointed to head the project for Russian state nuclear agency Rosatom, reports UNB. He has also quashed speculation that there are some disagreements between the Bangladeshi and Russian sides over the updated design proposed for what will now be a 2400 MW plant. Elchishchev is now visiting Bangladesh to supervise preparations ahead of  the implementation of the project.
“We hope the commercial operation of the project would commence in 2022. But this depends on the signing of the general contract of the project,” he said during a press briefing on the latest developments related to the country’s first nuclear power project at Dhaka’s plush Hotel Sonargaon yesterday.
He said Rosatom has offered VVER 1200 reactor for Rooppur NPP, the latest generation of the VVER 1000, which was the first choice for the Bangladesh project when the agreement was signed in 2010 between Bangladesh and Russia during Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s Moscow visit to set up a 2000 MW nuclear power plant in Rooppur by 2021.  “The VVER 1200 will be a new generation reactor with more safety and security features, as it will give 72 hours for auto shutdown in case of any accident,” Maksim said. He informed that a nuclear power plant is now being constructed in Russia (in Leningrad) on the basis of the VVER 1200’s design. Clearing the misconception over whether Bangladeshis prefer the VVER 1000 reactor for Rooppur as it has a proven track record while VVER 1200 is a “new one” having no track record, he said: “There is no debate between the two sides on the issue.”

 

ROOPPUR NUCLEAR POWER PLANT

Project likely to be delayed by a year

Implementation of Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant project is likely to get delayed by a year, said Maksim V Elchishchev, who has been appointed to head the project for Russian state nuclear agency Rosatom, reports UNB. He has also quashed speculation that there are some disagreements between the Bangladeshi and Russian sides over the updated design proposed for what will now be a 2400 MW plant. Elchishchev is now visiting Bangladesh to supervise preparations ahead of the implementation of the project. We hope the commercial operation of the project would commence in 2022. But this depends on the signing of the general contract of the project, he said during a press briefing on the latest developments related to the countrys first nuclear power project at Dhakas plush Hotel Sonargaon yesterday. He said Rosatom has offered VVER 1200 reactor for Rooppur NPP, the latest generation of the VVER 1000, which was the first choice for the Bangladesh project when the agreement was signed in 2010 between Bangladesh and Russia during Prime Minister Sheikh Hasinas Moscow visit to set up a 2000 MW nuclear power plant in Rooppur by 2021. The VVER 1200 will be a new generation reactor with more safety and security features, as it will give 72 hours for auto shutdown in case of any accident, Maksim said. He informed that a nuclear power plant is now being constructed in Russia (in Leningrad) on the basis of the VVER 1200s design. Clearing the misconception over whether Bangladeshis prefer the VVER 1000 reactor for Rooppur as it has a proven track record while VVER 1200 is a new one having no track record, he said: There is no debate between the two sides on the issue.