DHAKA, July 31, 2023 (BSS) - Nuclear fuel for the Rooppur nuclear power plant (RNPP) will arrive in the country in September, ROSATOM Director General (DG) Alexey Likhachev today said as he paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her official residence Ganabhaban. "The work of RNPP has progressed overcoming hundreds of obstacles and nuclear fuel for this plant will reach Bangladesh in September," PM's Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim quoted Likhachev as telling the premier at their meeting. While briefing the reporters after the meeting, Karim said, the ROSATOM DG apprised the premier of the overall progress of RNPP and discussed the project. The prime minister thanked all concerned for taking forward the work of RNPP despite the Covid-19 pandemic and the global crisis. Recalling Russia's support and assistance in the great War of Liberation and in the reconstruction of Bangladesh after the war, Sheikh Hasina hoped that Russia's cooperation will continue in the future.

Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha July 31, 2023 10:14 UTC