Bangladesh delays official start of construction on Rooppur plant

摘要

Bangladesh has delayed the pouring of first concrete on the Rooppurrnnuclear plant project, the official start of construction, by one month tornSeptember to facilitate Russian participation in the milestone, projectrndirector Mohammad Shawkat Akbar said in an interview May 15.rnHowever, an official of the state-run Bangladesh Atomic EnergyrnCommission, or BAEC, said an April 19 accident involving a heavy cranernat the Rooppur site after a thunderstorm in the area might haverncontributed to the delay. The BAEC official requested anonymity as thernperson is not authorized to speak to the media.