Nuclear fuel for the Rooppur nuclear power plant (RNPP) will arrive in the country in September, ROSATOM Director General (DG) Alexey Likhachev today said as he paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her official residence Ganabhaban.
“The work of RNPP has progressed overcoming hundreds of obstacles and nuclear fuel for this plant will reach Bangladesh in September,” PM’s Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim quoted Likhachev as telling the premier at their meeting.
While briefing the reporters after the meeting, Karim said, the ROSATOM DG apprised the premier of the overall progress of RNPP and discussed the project.
They also talked about the opening celebration of the RNPP.