Rosatom, India agree on construction site for new NPP of Russian design

VIENNA, September 19. /TASS/. Rosatom and India have agreed on a site for construction of a new nuclear power plant of Russian design, Head of Rosatom Alexey Likhachev told reporters. "Let's wait for the official statement from the Indian side, although we have already began discussing conditions and the number of blocks at the site," Likhachev said. Likhachev added that Rosatom plans to start the construction of the first nuclear power plant in Bangladesh this autumn. "We made sure with our colleagues from Bangladesh that we are on the same stage. This autumn we are to enter the first concrete," he said, referring to the past bilateral meetings in the framework of the general conference. Rosatom was awarded the master agreement for construction of the nuclear power plant in Bangladesh in mid-December 2015. In early 2017, the Russian government provided a $11.38 bln loan to the country for the construction. The nuclear power plant will be built under the Russian design 160 km away from Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. Two units of the Rooppur nuclear power plant, with a capacity of 1,200 MW each, to be built with Russia’s assistance, are planned to be put into operation in 2022 and 2023. Read more