Russia's Rosatom begins loading fuel into Bangladesh's first nuclear plant

MOSCOW: Russia’s state nuclear energy corporation Rosatom said on Tuesday it had begun loading nuclear fuel into the first reactor at the Rooppur nuclear power plant in Bangladesh.

The move is the first step in the reactor’s start-up phase before it is brought up to its minimum controlled power level and power then gradually increased and electricity supplied to Bangladesh’s power grid.

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The Rooppur nuclear plant, with a planned power generation capacity of 2,400 megawatts across two reactors, will add Bangladesh to the list of more than 30 nations that have operating reactors.