ROOPPUR NUCLEAR POWER PLANT
The electricity generating station in which nuclear energy is converted into electrical energy is called a nuclear power plant. It looks like a standard thermal power station. Its heat source is a nuclear reactor. This plant is used as a nuclear fission process to generate steam, which drives a steam turbine connected to a generator that produces electricity.
The Rooppur
Nuclear Power Plant will be a 2.4 GWe
nuclear power plant in Bangladesh. It is being constructed at Rooppur in Pabna
District, on the bank of the river Padma. It will be the country's first
nuclear power plant, and the first of the two units is expected to go into
operation in 2024. The VVER-1200/523 nuclear reactor and critical
infrastructures are being built by the Russian Rosatom State Atomic Energy
Corporation.
The $12.65 billion contract is 90% funded by a loan from the Russian government. Rosatom will operate the units for the first year before handing over operations to Bangladesh. Russia will supply the nuclear fuel and take back spent nuclear fuel. In October 2023, the plant received its first shipment of uranium.
VVER-1200/523 is one of the latest Generation III nuclear reactors. Design feature of the nuclear reactor is the layered safety barriers preventing escape of radioactive material.
Reactor building: A concrete containment building is the last line of defense. It prevents escape of radiation and protects it from external damages.
A passive heat removal system had
been added to the VVER-1200. The passive systems handle all safety functions
for 24 hours, and core safety for 72 hours. Other new safety systems include
aircraft crash protection, hydrogen recombiners, and a core catcher.The IRRS mission of the IIAEA
visited the plant and has been satisfied with the safety procedures.
The Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (RNPP) project has been considered economically, technically, and financially viable and environmentally acceptable as an option in the long-term sustainable electricity generation of the country.
IRRS: Integrated Regulatory Review Service
IIAEA: International Atomic Energy Agency
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