Fuel supplies for the Ruppur NPP will begin in the first week of October

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AtomInfo.Ru, PUBLISHED 01.08.2023

Fuel supplies for the Ruppur NPP under construction in Bangladesh will begin in the first week of October.

This is reported by TASS with reference to the engineering division of Rosatom.

"Fuel for the first unit of the Ruppur NPP in Bangladesh is planned to be delivered to the plant site approximately on October 6-8," the engineering division told TASS.

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