About Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant:
- It is a nuclear power plant under construction in Iswardi, Pabna District, Rajshahi Division, Bangladesh.
- It will be Bangladesh’s first source of nuclear power.
- Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission (BAEC) is the owner of the Rooppur nuclear plant.
- It features two VVER-1200 reactors, created by Russian company Rosatom.
- Construction of both water-cooled reactors began in November 2017.
- Once completed, the two reactors at the Rooppur site, some 160 kilometres northwest of the capital, Dhaka, will generate 2400 megawatts of power, providing approximately 9 percent of Bangladesh's total electricity needs.
- The total estimated cost of the Rooppur nuclear plant is $12.65 billion US dollars.
- The construction is largely funded by a loan from Russia, to be paid back over 20 years.
