Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant

Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant
Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant
	Wide angle view of Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant
Country	Bangladesh
Location	Ishwardi Upazila, Pabna District, Rajshahi Division, Bangladesh
Coordinates	24°4′0″N 89°2′50″E / 24.06667°N 89.04722°E
Status	Under construction
Commission date	2025
Construction cost	$12.65 billion (estimated); cumulative expenditure as of June 2024 BDT 73,746.06 crore.
Owner	Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission
Operator	Nuclear Power Plant Company Bangladesh Limited
Nuclear power station
Reactor type	PWR
Reactor supplier	Atomstroyexport
Cooling towers	4 × Natural Draft
Cooling source	Padma River
Thermal capacity	2 × 3,200 MWth
Power generation
Make and model	VVER-1200/523
Units under const.	2 × 1,200 MW (gross)
Nameplate capacity	2,160 MW
External links
Website	www.rooppurnpp.gov.bd
Commons	Related media on Commons
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The Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (Bengali: রূপপুর পারমাণবিক বিদ্যুৎকেন্দ্র) is a 2.4 GW_e nuclear power plant currently under construction in Bangladesh. It consists of two 1200 MWe VVER-1200 reactors. The nuclear power plant is being constructed at Rooppur in Ishwardi Upazila on the bank of the river Padma, about 160 km northwest of Dhaka.^[5] It will be the country's first nuclear power plant, and the first of the two units is expected to become operational in December 2025.^[6]

^ মার্চে রূপপুর বিদ্যুৎকেন্দ্রের প্রথম ইউনিট চালু করতে চায় সরকার: উপদেষ্টা সালেহউদ্দিন. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). 2024-12-13. Archived from the original on 2024-12-20. Retrieved 2024-12-17.
^ Cite error: The named reference tbs5Dec2024 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "Annual Report 2019-2020" (PDF). Economic Relations Division, Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh. 2020-10-15. p. 63. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2024-12-07.
^ Cite error: The named reference adp was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "Passive heat removal system installed at Rooppur nuclear power plant Unit 1". The Business Standard. 2023-08-21. Archived from the original on 2024-10-03. Retrieved 2024-10-03.
^ Mohiuddin (2024-05-19). "Rooppur nuclear power plant: Power generation deferred". Prothom Alo. Archived from the original on 2024-08-17. Retrieved 2024-10-01.

[1] মার্চে রূপপুর বিদ্যুৎকেন্দ্রের প্রথম ইউনিট চালু করতে চায় সরকার: উপদেষ্টা সালেহউদ্দিন. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). 2024-12-13. Archived from the original on 2024-12-20. Retrieved 2024-12-17.

[tbs5Dec2024-2] Cite error: The named reference tbs5Dec2024 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[3] "Annual Report 2019-2020" (PDF). Economic Relations Division, Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh. 2020-10-15. p. 63. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2024-12-07.

[adp-4] Cite error: The named reference adp was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[5] "Passive heat removal system installed at Rooppur nuclear power plant Unit 1". The Business Standard. 2023-08-21. Archived from the original on 2024-10-03. Retrieved 2024-10-03.

[6] Mohiuddin (2024-05-19). "Rooppur nuclear power plant: Power generation deferred". Prothom Alo. Archived from the original on 2024-08-17. Retrieved 2024-10-01.

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