2 Oct (NucNet): Russia has signed an agreement with Bangladesh for design work on the country’s first nuclear power plant. The work will take about two years and will be used as the basis for obtaining necessary project licences, Russia’s state nuclear company Rosatom has said.
The announcement followed a ceremony for the laying of the foundation stone at the site of the proposed Rooppur nuclear plant, on the banks of the Ganges river about 160 kilometers from the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka.
The ceremony was attended by Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina Wazed and Rosatom director-general Sergei Kiriyenko.
Russia and Bangladesh signed an intergovernmental agreement on cooperation in the construction of nuclear power plants in November 2011.
According to Rosatom, Bangladesh is planning to operate two Russian-built reactors of not less than 1,000 megawatts each.
