Rosatom close to commissioning Rooppur nuclear plant in Bangladesh, start-up by end-2026 - CEO

MOSCOW. Feb 18 (Interfax) - Rosatom could soon start to commission the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant in Bangladesh with the first power unit scheduled for start-up by the end of 2026, Rosatom CEO Alexei Likhachev told the in-house publication Strana Rosatom.

"Rosatom, in collaboration with the customer, is ready to start the first unit of the NPP by the end of the year. All work at the plant is being done on schedule, and we are approaching a milestone - the launch of commissioning procedures," he said.

"The Bangladesh plant, the first unit, was almost ready to begin commissioning. And here [much] will now depend on the operator, on the Bengali regulator," Likhachev said in January.

He told Strana Rosatom that the corporation would provide support for the project throughout its entire lifecycle, from fuel supply and personnel training to maintenance and spent fuel management solutions.

The Bangladesh nuclear power plant will have two power units with a total capacity of 2,400 MW.