Uranium in 3rd shipment reaches Rooppur
Ishwardi (Pabna) Correspondent :
The third shipment of ‘Fresh Nuclear Fuel’ or Uranium from the first unit of Rooppur Nuclear Power Project was successfully delivered.
Under tight security, the uranium reached the Rooppur project area from Dhaka via Bangabandhu Bridge, Banpara in Natore and Dashuria in Ishwardi in Pabna.
When the convoy entered the project area at around 9.40 am on Friday (October 13), the project workers welcomed the convoy.
Rooppur nuclear project director Shaukat Akbar confirmed the matter and told The New Nation that on Thursday the second consignment of uranium from Russia reached Dhaka by special plane.
First and second imported nuclear fuel has been taken to Rooppur by road with maximum security like shipment. Four more consignments will arrive in the country in phases.
In the initial phase, two units with a capacity of 2,400 MW will generate electricity continuously for a year with a total of seven consignments of fuel.
According to the agreement, Russia will supply the fuel used for power generation in Rooppur for free for three years. Fuel is not required daily.
Once the fuel has been loaded, the fuel should be changed once a year (one-third) for the first three years and every half year thereafter.
As a result, there will be no such crisis as other centers of the country are closed due to fuel.
To ensure uninterrupted fuel supply, Russia sent the second batch of fuel before the formalities of the first batch were completed.
Earlier, the first shipment of uranium on September 29 and the second on October 6 successfully reached Rooppur in Ishwardi from Dhaka.
About 12.65 billion dollars are being spent on the construction of Rooppur nuclear power plant in Ishwardi, Pabna, the most talked about and biggest project of the country.
Bangladesh government will provide 10 per cent of this money.
90 per cent of the money is provided as loan assistance from Russia.
Rooppur Nuclear Power Station is being implemented through an agreement between Bangladesh Government and Russian Federation.
It is the first and only nuclear power plant in the country.
