Published • loading... • Updated
Russia's Rosatom Begins Loading Fuel Into Bangladesh's First Nuclear Plant
The 2,400-megawatt plant could meet up to 10% of national power demand, the government said, as Bangladesh seeks to ease grid pressure.
- On Tuesday, Power-hungry Bangladesh began loading uranium fuel into the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant, a key step toward bringing the 2,400-megawatt facility online to ease pressure on the overstretched power grid.
- Bangladesh imports 95 percent of its oil and gas, primarily from the Middle East, where energy shipments through the Strait of Hormuz have faced disruptions since war began in late February.
- Once fully operational, the US$11 billion plant could meet 10 percent of power demands for the South Asian nation of 170 million people, with initial generation anticipated by August.
- "This marks the start of the physical start-up phase," Saikat Ahmed, the plant's senior scientific information officer, told AFP as the reactor core initiates a controlled nuclear fission chain reaction.
- "Every aspect of safety and security will be further evaluated," Shafiqul Islam, a professor of nuclear engineering at the University of Dhaka, said regarding the complex and sensitive phase before full-scale production.
Insights by Ground AI
15 Articles
15 Articles
Rator of the Rooppur Nuclear Plant, built by Russia, which will receive the fuel, should start partial operations in four to five months and reach its total capacity of 1,200 megawatts by December
·Brazil
Read Full Article
Bangladesh Enters Club Of Nations To Use Nuclear Energy For Electricity Generation; India Trains Scientists
Rooppur: Bangladesh became the latest entrant to the group of nuclear-power generating nations in the world with fuel being loaded into the first unit of the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (RNPP), about 160 km from Dhaka. With this, Bangladesh became the third country in South Asia, after India and Pakistan, to put nuclear energy to peaceful use. India has played a behind-the-scenes but important role in preparing Bangladesh’s human resources for s…
Coverage Details
Total News Sources15
Leaning Left1Leaning Right5Center2Last UpdatedBias Distribution62% Right
Bias Distribution
- 62% of the sources lean Right
62% Right
13%
C 25%
R 62%
Factuality
To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium
