Final batch of uranium reaches Rooppur power plant

The final batch of nuclear fuel consignment for unit-1 of Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant reached the project site this morning.

"The consignment of fresh fuel reached the project site around 7:30am. Project officials received the fuel," Md Ruhul Kuddus, site-office in-charge of Rooppur plant, told our Pabna correspondent.

Earlier, the fuel consignment started from the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport around 2:00am, he said.

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With this, a total of seven consignments of nuclear fuel for the initial batch for unit-1 has arrived in Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant safely in seven weeks, he said.

The first batch of fuel reached the project site on September 29.

A total of 163 nuclear fuel assemblies will be needed for operating unit-1.