The outgoing year 2024 was a very successful year for Rosatom State Corporation in Bangladesh. Construction and installation work of one of the two power units of Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (Rooppur NPP) have been completed and are getting ready for start-up next year.
The second power unit of the country's maiden nuclear power plant has also achieved significant progress in construction and installation.
“We have entered the final straight in terms of preparation of Rooppur NPP Unit 1 for the physical start-up. This is an important stage, under which we must carry out a large scope of works and tests to prove the operability of the process systems in all the operating modes”, pointed out Andrey Petrov, First Deputy Director General for Nuclear Energy of State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom, and President of ASE.
For power unit-2, concreting of the outer containment was completed ahead of schedule. A passive heat removal system deflector was installed. Other construction and installation works are underway to prepare the unit for commissioning and start-up.
Both the units have received automated radiation monitoring systems (ARMS), developed especially for the Roopur project to meet its specific requirements.
