Director General, Rosatom
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Expects Unit 1 power generation by late November 2026
Bangladesh's first nuclear reactor achieved "first criticality" on October 11 — a controlled, self-sustaining chain reaction at the Rooppur plant in Ishwardi, Pabna. The fission process, running since 3:34pm local time, produces heat that will eventually drive a turbine and feed Bangladesh's national grid.
Updated Yesterday
Overseeing VVER-1200 supply to China
A Russian-designed reactor on China's eastern coast delivered its first electricity to the grid on October 8. Unit 7 of the Tianwan plant in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province, reached a self-sustaining chain reaction in late September and is now ramping power in stages.
Updated 4 days ago
Leading the build
Uzbekistan has never run a nuclear reactor. On June 4, 2026, by video link from an economic forum in St. Petersburg, the presidents of Russia and Uzbekistan started construction of the country's first one.
Updated Jun 4
Attended Rooppur fuel-loading ceremony in person
Bangladesh first considered building a nuclear plant in 1961, when the site at Rooppur was still part of East Pakistan. Sixty-five years later, on April 28, 2026, technicians began lowering 163 uranium fuel assemblies into the core of Unit 1—the step that turns a construction project into a nuclear power station.
Updated May 31
Overseeing final evacuation of Russian staff from Bushehr
A projectile struck 350 meters from Iran's only operating nuclear reactor on April 4, killing a security guard and damaging an auxiliary building. It was the fourth time ordnance has landed on or near the Bushehr nuclear power plant since the United States and Israel began striking Iran on February 28.
Updated May 30
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