Name of the Project
Rooppur nuclear power plant (NPP).

Location
The project is located in Ishwardi Upazilla, 160 km from Dhaka, in Bangladesh.

Client
Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission (BAEC).

Project Description
The Rooppur NPP will comprise two WWER-1200 reactors, with a total capacity of 2 400 MW.

Potential Job Creation
About 4 200 are engaged in construction works.

Value
Not stated.

Duration
Construction of the first unit started in November 2017 and will be commissioned in 2023.

The second unit started construction in July 2018 and is expected to be commissioned in 2024.

Latest Developments
Concrete works have been completed for the turbine hall foundation slab of Rooppur 1, Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom has announced.

The concrete slab structure, with 3813 t of rebars and 24 285 m3 of concrete, was completed in January, following the completion of operations to stabilise the soil under the main and auxiliary buildings, and structures of the Rooppur construction site. More than 1.2-million tonnes of cement were used to strengthen 4.5-million cubic metres of soil to meet design requirements for a load-carrying capacity.

Preparations have begun at the site to erect the walls of the reactor building and auxiliary reactor compartment. The work has been undertaken in cooperation with specialist European and Bangladeshi companies under the management of Rosatom subsidiary AtomStroyExport, while the construction works for the Rooppur NPP are on schedule, Rosatom has said.

Key Contracts and Suppliers
AtomStroyExport – Rosatom’s engineering division (general construction contractor); Atomenergomash – Rosatom’s machine building division (equipment for the reactor island and auxiliary equipment for the turbine island).

Various divisions of Rosatom are in charge of manufacturing reactor vessels, steam generators, pumps, heat-exchangers and other equipment.

On Budget and on Time?
Too early to state.

Contact Details for Project Information
BAEC, tel +880 2818 1846 or fax +880 2818 1842.