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India’s Heavy Engineering Corporation Limited (HEC) and “CNIITMASH” a sister concern of Russia’s state nuclear energy corporation ROSATOM are jointly working on establishing  a Center for General Engineering and Technical Training in the India’s city of Rachi. First 200 engineers from HEC Ltd. will start their education program by the end of 2017 or early 2018. The training will  be given nine different courses  of one to four months duration ... »

Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL) signed contracts with Atomstroyexport, sister concern of Russia’s state corporation Rosatom on July 31 for design and supply of the main equipment for units 5 and 6 under phase 3 of Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant, in the state of Tamil Nadu. “The project for construction of units 5 and 6 of Kudankulam NPP is passing to the practical implementation phase. Designing begins and development... »

Visiting Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Yukiya Amano has assured all out support and cooperation to Bangladesh in the construction of Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant. IAEA DG gave the assurance during a courtesy call on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her office here today. Press Secretary to the Prime Minister Ihsanul Karim while briefing reporters after the meeting said IAEA DG expressed satisfaction over the security... »

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Secretary General Yukiya Amano has expressed satisfaction over the safety standards of Bangladesh’s maiden nuclear power project in Pabna’s Ruppur. Bangladesh is on the right track with the construction of the nuclear power plant as the benchmarks prescribed by an IAEA delegation during a visit earlier in 2010 has duly been fulfilled, he told reporters at an exchange of views during a visit at the... »

Director General of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Yukiya Amano arrives in Dhaka Sunday night, on a four-day official visit to Bangladesh. Amano is leading a three-member delegation from the agency, which will visit the project area and oversee activities of the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant at Paksey in Pabna on Monday morning. Yukiya Amano is scheduled to meet Science and Technology Minister Yeafes Osman at Rooppur, it added. On the... »

Pouring of First Concrete into the foundation slab of the reactor compartment of unit 3 of Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant in Tamilnadu of India was held on June 29, 2017, marking the beginning of construction of the second phase of the project. At the second phase unit 3 and 4 will be constructed. General Contractor (for detailed design, equipment supply and technical assistance) is Atomstroyexport (ASE) and General Designer is... »

Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission Bill, 2017 was placed in the Jatiya Sangsad today to facilitating peaceful use of nuclear power. Science and Technology Minister Architect Yeafes Osman introduced the bill in the House with Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury in the chair. Later, the House sent the bill to the concerned parliamentary standing committee for scrutiny and return back it in the House within one month.

The Cabinet approved the draft of an agreement titled ‘Agreement between the Russian Federation and Bangladesh on Cooperation Concerning Return of Spent Nuclear Fuel from Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant to the Russian Federation’. The approval was given at the regular weekly meeting of the Cabinet held at the cabinet room of the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban here with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair. Briefing the reporters after the meeting... »

Russian State Atomic Energy Corporation ROSATOM is preferring local manufacturers and suppliers for construction of Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (RNPP) at Paksey in Pabna district. “We prefer Bangladeshi manufacturers and suppliers to be involved in the construction of the RNPP except the technical equipment,” Director purchasing, procurement and quality of Atomstroyexport, a subsidiary of ROSATOM, Alexander Shmigelskiy told BSS on Monday. He said the materials as well as equipment would... »

АSE Group of Companies (a subsidiary of ROSATOM State Nuclear Energy Corporation) and Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission will hold a conference on procurements for Rooppur NPP. The purpose of the event is to ensure transparency in work with Bangladeshi suppliers. The conference for potential suppliers of equipment and materials for Rooppur NPP, which is currently under construction, will take place in Dhaka (the Le Meridien hotel) on April 17th. The... »