Reactor pit construction at Rooppur nuclear power project (NPP) unit No.1 in Bangladesh has been completed, said a Rosatom press release.

Manufacturing of upper semi-vessel of Reactor Pressure Vessel (RPV) for the Unit 2 of Rooppur Nuclear Power Project (RNPP) has achieved significant progress.

Some 178 Russians employees of Rooppur Nuclear Power Project left Bangladesh on April 6 on a chartered flight from Dhaka, said a press release of Rosatom, the Russian contractor of the project.

Alexey Likhachev, Director General of the Russian State Corporation for Nuclear Energy 'Rosatom', on Monday met Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen and discussed the progress of the Rooppur Nuclear Power Project.

The first steam generator for unit-1 of Rooppur Nuclear Power Project (RNPP) will be ready soon for installation of primary circuit header.