India, on Thursday, said it is going to collaborate with Russia on the Rooppur nuclear power plant project in Bangladesh, the first Indo-Russian collaboration to undertake an atomic energy venture in another country. This will also be India’s first atomic energy venture abroad, reports NDTV. “We are collaborating with our Russian and Bangladeshi partners on establishing Rooppur nuclear power plant in Bangladesh,” Atomic Energy Commission Chairman Sekhar Basu said at the 61st general conference of the global nuclear watchdog International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). April, 2017 saw India signing a civil nuclear cooperation deal along with two other agreements with Bangladesh under which the two countries can supply and manufacture equipment and material for the nuclear power plant. The Rooppur nuclear power plant, being built by the Russians, is Bangladesh first atomic energy project.

Source: Dhaka Tribune September 22, 2017 08:03 UTC