Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant | |
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Country | Bangladesh |
Location | Ishwardi Upazila, Pabna District, Rajshahi Division, Bangladesh |
Coordinates | 24°4′0″N 89°2′50″E / 24.06667°N 89.04722°E |
Status | Under construction |
Commission date | 2025[1] |
Construction cost | $12.65 billion (estimated);[2][3] cumulative expenditure as of June 2023 BDT 64,925.70 crore.[4][5] |
Owner | Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission |
Operator | Nuclear Power Plant Company Bangladesh Limited |
Nuclear power station | |
Reactor type | PWR |
Reactor supplier | Atomstroyexport |
Cooling towers | 4 × Natural Draft |
Cooling source | Padma River |
Thermal capacity | 2 × 3,200 MWth |
Power generation | |
Make and model | VVER-1200/523 |
Units under const. | 2 × 1,200 MW (gross) |
Nameplate capacity | 2,160 MW |
External links | |
Website | www |
Commons | Related media on Commons |
The Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (Bengali: রূপপুর পারমাণবিক বিদ্যুৎকেন্দ্র) is a 2.4 GWe nuclear power plant project in Bangladesh. The nuclear power plant is being constructed at Rooppur of Ishwardi Upazila on the bank of the river Padma, about 160 km northwest of Dhaka.[6] It will be the country's first nuclear power plant, and the first of the two units is expected to go into operation in 2025.[7]