Rooppur NPP project work continues normally

Russia's state-run atomic agency - Rosatom -- asserted on Saturday that the implementation of the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) Project continued normally despite the regime change in Bangladesh and swearing in of the interim government.
"Implementation of Rooppur NPP project- construction-of the units and supply of equipment and installation, start-up, and adjustment work continues normally," Rosatom said in a statement issued on Saturday.
"This allows us to speak with certainty that Rosatom efficiently fulfills the responsibility undertaken towards its Bangladeshi partner and guarantees reliability and safety of its technologies for the wellbeing of the present and future generations of Bangladesh," ASE vice president for projects in Bangladesh Alexey Deriy said.
ASE is the engineering division of Rosatom state corporation.
In the statement, Rosatom also said that-transport lock -- a part of the nuclear fuel handling system for unit-2 of the Rooppur NPP has been delivered to the construction site.
It will soon be installed at the reactor building which is highly accurate and most labour-intensive work, it noted.
The transport lock is cylindrical in shape, weighs 235 tonnes, 12.7 metre long, and is 10 metres in diameter.
The main function of transport lock is to ensure retention of radioactive substances within the containment, as well as fire protection.
During normal operation of NPP, the transport lock carries out the transportation of cargoes to the reactor plant maintenance level for equipment repair, intake of fresh fuel, and removal of spent fuel.
Rooppur NPP is Bangladesh's first nuclear power project and is being implemented with Russia's technical and financial support.
The project hosts two units with a total capacity of 2,400 MW.
The first unit is now getting ready for start-up.
Once fully functional, the nuclear power plant is expected to ensure an uninterrupted supply of quality electricity and play an important role in maintaining basal load.
The latest generation 3+ Russian VVER 1200 reactors are being used for power generation.
This reactor meets all international safety requirements. Engineering Division of Russia's state corporation Rosatom is the general designer and general contractor of Rooppur NPP.

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