Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant

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About Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant:

It is a nuclear power plant under construction in Iswardi, Pabna District, Rajshahi Division, Bangladesh.
It will be Bangladesh’s first source of nuclear power.
Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission (BAEC) is the owner of the Rooppur nuclear plant.
It features two VVER-1200 reactors, created by Russian company Rosatom.
Construction of both water-cooled reactors began in November 2017.
Once completed, the two reactors at the Rooppur site, some 160 kilometres northwest of the capital, Dhaka, will generate 2400 megawatts of power, providing approximately 9 percent of Bangladesh’s total electricity needs.
The total estimated cost of the Rooppur nuclear plant is $12.65 billion US dollars.
The construction is largely funded by a loan from Russia, to be paid back over 20 years.

Q1: What is Nuclear Energy?

Nuclear energy is a form of energy released from the nucleus, the core of atoms, made up of protons and neutrons. This source of energy can be produced in two ways: fission – when nuclei of atoms split into several parts – or fusion – when nuclei fuse together.

Source: Bangladesh initiates investigation into Russia-backed Rooppur nuclear project