In a span of three weeks, the third consignment of uranium for the first unit of the Rooppur nuclear power plant has arrived at the project in Iswardi, Pabna.
The vehicles carrying the uranium entered Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant amid strict security on the road at around 10:30 a.m. Friday. Earlier, the first shipment arrived on September 28 and the second one arrived on October 6.
More shipments of uranium will come to Bangladesh gradually.
Rooppur police outpost in-charge (SI) Kanti Kumar Madak said that the uranium-carrying vehicles entered the Rooppur project at around 9:45 a.m. amid tight security under the supervision of the army.
Uranium brought to Rooppur arrived in Dhaka by special flight on Thursday afternoon.
Meanwhile, when the third shipment of uranium reached the Rooppur project from Dhaka via Bangabandhu Bridge via Banpara in Natore and Dashuria intersection in Ishwardi, the Bangladeshi and Russian officials working on the project welcomed them as before.
Rooppur project director Dr. Shaukat Akbar said that nuclear fuel of the project is being brought to Rooppur by road with maximum security. More shipments will come to the country gradually. He said, since the first shipment arrived, the Rooppur Power Plant has been recognized as a nuclear installation. On October 5, in an official ceremony in Rooppur, Russia handed over the nuclear fuel certificate to the Bangladesh government. The guidelines of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for fuel import, transportation and maintenance of Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant are being duly followed, he added.