Fuel loading into the reactor of the $12.8 billion Rooppur facility has begun Bangladesh’s Russian-backed nuclear power project has entered its final stage, with fuel loading into the first unit of the facility in Rooppur beginning on Tuesday. Dhaka’s Ministry of Science and Technology said the next step will be for commercial electricity generation to begin gradually on a trial basis at the plant. Located around 160 km from the capital, Dhaka, the Rooppur facility is Bangladesh’s first nuclear