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Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant

Upper-level systems equipment for unit-1 ready in Russia


Published : 09 Nov 2020 08:29 PM | Updated : 10 Nov 2020 12:20 AM

The equipment for the Upper Unit Level System (UULS) and Upper Plant Level System (UPLS) of the Instrumentation and Control (I&C) system for the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (unit 1) is now fully ready in Russia, which may be shipped for Bangladesh soon, according to an official press release.     

An acceptance committee that included representatives of RASU- Rosatom Automated Control Systems, JSC, a subsidiary of ROSATOM State Corporation (overall I&C supplier) and ‘VPO ZAES’ (the company authorized to supervise the production of equipment important to safety of the plant) inspected the equipment recently. 

The construction work of the country’s first nuclear power project with capacity of 2400 megawatt is going on at Rooppur in Pabna along with manufacturing of its various machineries and equipment at Russia in full swing. Some of them have already reached Bangladesh, some have been shipped and others are still in manufacturing process.

The power plant is being implemented at Rooppur of Pabna district by a subsidiary of Russia’s State Atomic Energy Corporation, Rosatom. It is expected that the first unit having capacity of 1200MW of electricity will start its power generation by 2023. The second unit with the same capacity will go into generation by 2024. 

According to Rosatom statement, “Due to the complicated global pandemic situation, RASU JSC had to complete the equipment testing at the company’s test site two months earlier in order to comply with the project time schedule.” 

“The well-coordinated work of all project participants allowed us to complete the system tests in the shortest possible time – four months instead of six. We had to work almost every day, even on weekends”, said Ilya Litvinov, Project Manager, RASU JSC.

In addition, once the nuke plant goes into operation, it will offer a window of opportunities, such as ensuring uninterrupted electricity supply to over 15 lakh families and jobs for a large number of people.

Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant is planned and being constructed according to Russian design. The plant will have two power units with latest generation 3+ VVER 1200 reactor, which will fully meet all international safety requirements.