Also, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi is also scheduled to attend the event. However, it has been learned that he can also attend the event virtually. Science and Technology Minister Yefesh Osman and Director General of Russian state-run nuclear energy company Rosatom Alexei Likhachev are likely to be present in Rooppur.
The uranium that has been brought to Bangladesh will no longer be used but will be stored in Rooppur. Rooppur officials want to start test transmission from the power plant’s first unit to the national grid next year. They hope to start commercial transmission of electricity in the same year.
Alok Chakraborty, divisional head of the Rooppur Atomic Power Plant Project, speaking to Prothom Alo, said that through the handover program involving the Prime Minister and the Russian President, Bangladesh will become one of the 33 countries in the world to use nuclear energy for peaceful purposes. Will become th.
According to the World Nuclear Association website, the countries using nuclear energy include America, China, France, Russia, South Korea, Canada, Ukraine, Germany, Japan, Spain, Sweden, Belgium, Britain, India, Czech Republic, Finland, Switzerland. Are included. Bulgaria, Pakistan, Hungary, Slovakia, Brazil, South Africa, Mexico, Romania, Argentina, United Arab Emirates, Belarus, Slovenia, Netherlands, Iran and Armenia.