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Rosatom evacuates some employees from Bangladesh nuclear site via Nuclear Engineering

Russia’s state nuclear corporation Rosatom has repatriated 178 employees from the Rooppur nuclear power plant construction site in Bangladesh. Rosatom had to obtain government permission to evacuate its employees. Russia temporarily suspended all international flights on 3 April in an … Continue reading

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Bangladesh begins work on first nuclear plant, plans 2017 start via Reuters

(Reuters) – Energy-poor Bangladesh began construction of its first nuclear power plant on Wednesday, announcing plans to complete the first of two Russia-backed, 1,000-megawatt reactors by June 2017. The $2 billion project calls for up to $500 million in credit … Continue reading

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