Rosatom, the Russian state nuclear power agency, remains engaged in Bangladesh to build the 2400 MW Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant.
Alexey Likhachev, Director General of Rosatom State Corporation, termed Tianwan NPP as the biggest power project under Russia-China cooperation, saying, “We sincerely hope that our cooperation both in construction of the next phase of Tianwan NPP and other at Xudapu site shall also be successful.”
Following permission from the Chinese regulator, power at Tianwan 4 was raised to 25 percent of capacity, after which the turbine was brought into operation and electrical tests of the field and power delivery systems were carried out, said a Rosatom statement on Sunday.
The unit 4 was, thereby, connected to the grid. All systems performed in normal operational mode, said the Rosatom.
Construction of Tianwan nuclear power plant is being carried out by Jiangsu Nuclear Power Corporation (JNPC) in cooperation with Russian company Atomstroyexport, an engineering division of Rosatom. Start-up of Tianwan NPP power units 1 and 2 was held in 2007 and of unit 3 in December 2017.