Rooppur Nuclear Plant unit-1 to add 300 MW to national grid by August: Minister

Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology Minister Faqir Mahbub Anam today said more than 1,000 megawatts (MW) of electricity from unit-1 of Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (RNPP) is expected to be added to the national grid by December this year.

Of the 1000 MW, 300 MW of electricity will be added to the national grid by the end of August this year, he said.

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The minister made the remarks while addressing a two-day strategic roundtable discussion, titled “Nuclear Energy: Strategy, Realities and Bangladesh's Path Forward,” at the Swapnadeep Resort conference hall in Ishwardi, Pabna, this afternoon.

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He also said nuclear fuel loading for the second unit of the nuclear power plant is expected to be completed in April 2027. If everything proceeds according to plan, an additional 1,000 MW from unit-2 will be connected to the national grid by December 2027.

“We are hopeful that more than 10 percent of the country's electricity demand will be met by the two units of the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant by the end of 2027 or January 2028,” he said.

“Once fully operational, the two units of the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant will supply 2,400 MW of low-carbon electricity to the national grid,” the minister added.

Earlier in the day, a three-member high-level technical team from the International Atomic Energy Agency began an inspection of the power plant to assess technical progress as the facility moves towards its operational phase.

The delegation is being led by Mehmet Ceyhan, technical lead of the IAEA’s Nuclear Infrastructure Development Section.