Likhachev spoke about the timing of the launch of the first unit of the Rooppur NPP in Bangladesh

Brief retelling from RIA II

The launch of the first unit of the Rooppur nuclear power plant in Bangladesh is scheduled for November 20th.

Nuclear fuel has already been loaded into the reactor core of the first unit of the Rooppur NPP.

The Rooppur nuclear power plant with two VVER-1200 reactors is being built according to a Russian design, 160 kilometers from the capital Dhaka.

MOSCOW, October 9 - RIA Novosti. The launch of the first unit of the Rooppur nuclear power plant in Bangladesh, built with Russian participation, is scheduled for November 20, said Rosatom head Alexei Likhachev.

“We are targeting the 20th of November,” Likhachev told reporters, answering a question about the timing of the power start-up of the first unit of a nuclear power plant in Bangladesh.

Earlier, nuclear fuel was loaded into the reactor core of the first unit of the Rooppur NPP.

The minimum controllable power level is the level sufficient to control the self-sustaining controlled nuclear chain reaction initiated in the reactor core. After this, specialists will gradually increase the power of the reactor plant. The next stage will be the power start-up, when the electricity generated by the power unit will begin to flow into the Bangladesh power grid.