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Rooppur Nuclear power plant

March 7 , 2018 2327 days 965 0
  • India, Bangladesh and Russia have signed a tripartite memorandum of understanding  for cooperation in the construction of the Rooppur nuclear power plant in Bangladesh.
  • It will be the first initiative under an India-Russia nuclear deal to undertake atomic energy projects in third countries. It will also be India’s first atomic energy venture abroad.
  • Rooppur Nuclear project is Bangladesh’s first atomic energy project. It is being built with Russia’s help near Dhaka.
  • After commissioning of two units, each with capacity of 1200 MWs, Bangladesh will be third South Asian country after India and Pakistan to harness atomic energy for energy purpose.
  • Russia will build nuclear power plant for this plant on a turnkey basis which means that contractor will complete whole project and they will be liable for any problems that arise in plant.
  • Since India being not member of Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), it will not participate directly in construction of atomic power reactors in third country.

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