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.