Rooppur-nuclear-plant

The Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant has 2,016 flats in 21 multistory residential buildings constructed for the project. Around 4,500 local and foreign officials currently live there. Once the power plant becomes operational and most Russian nationals return home, the total workforce is expected to fall to around 2,000. The existing residential buildings in the project area would be sufficient to accommodate them. Some flats may even remain vacant. Despite this, authorities have taken an initi...

Electricity from the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant will be supplied to the national grid next month, Russian Ambassador Alexander Khozin has said. He said, “Nearly 4,000 Russian specialists are working tirelessly to quickly resolve the technical issues at the Rooppur power plant. The target is to supply the first 300 megawatts of electricity to the national grid within next month.” He made the remarks during a meeting with FBCCI Administrator Md. Fazlul Hoque at the organisation’s office i...