Current state

Status	Under construction
Design	VVER-1200 (PWR)
Net capacity	1,080 MWe
Country	Bangladesh
Vendor	Rosatom
Owner / operator	BAEC
Construction start	2018-07-14
Original COD target	—
Current COD estimate	2027
Schedule slippage	—

Notes

Verified 2026-09-28: RPV installed October 2022 per ANS. Unit-2 PORV fault Sep 2026 (Just Energy + Daily New Nation corroborate the swap proposal); unit-2 uranium shipment delayed over airspace clearance Sep 2026 (Energy Tribune, single source). Overall plant 82.4% complete; unit-1 grid now targeted end-2026.

Milestone log

2018-07-14 — Construction start (first concrete) (source)
2026-06-16 — Listed as under construction in the WNA world table, grid connection estimated 2027 (source)
2022-10 — Reactor pressure vessel installed at Rooppur-2 (source)
2026-09-02 — ASE proposes transferring unit-2 PORV to unit 1 to unblock commissioning; unit-2 fuel loading (Apr 2027) and Dec-2027 handover already behind schedule (officials via Just Energy News) (source)
2026-09-22 — PORV fault detected in unit 2 as hot-state testing prepared to advance; root-cause analysis underway, testing halted (IMED inspection report via Just Energy News) (source)

The milestone log is append-only: corrections are recorded as new entries, never rewrites. Full history via /api/v1/changes.

NNN coverage

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Current state

Notes

Milestone log

NNN coverage

On the VVER-1200 design

Sources