October 5, 2023 5:23 PM

Bangladesh receives Russian uranium for Rooppur Nuclear power Plant

Bangladesh on Thursday officially received the first batch of uranium from Russia for its Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (RNPP). Bangladesh will become the 33rd nuclear power-producing country in the world once Rooppur plant commissioned. This is Bangladesh's dream project and for that Russian contractor, Rosatom handed over the radioactive fuel to the RNPP authority at a formal “Graduation Ceremony,”. Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Russian President Vladimir Putin virtu...