August 13, 2012. Bangladesh and Russia have finalised the financing agreement for Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant. A delegation led by the Economic Adviser went to Moscow on Aug 4 and negotiated with acting Russian Finance Minister to finalise the deal. The team included State Minister for Science and Technology Yeafesh Osman, Board of Investment Executive Chairman SA Samad and representatives from ministries of finance, foreign and law, ERD, Planning Commission and Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission. Under the deal Bangladesh would borrow $500 million for the technical study with an interest rate of not less than 4 per cent from Russia. The $500 million would be spent in the next two years for technical study, which would determine how much money would be needed to develop the plant. Russia would provide necessary fund for constructing the plant. The government is going to build two nuclear plants with capacity of 1000-megawatt each at Rooppur with latest ‘third generation’ technology from Russia where five-layer security measures would be installed, according to officials. It takes about $1.5 billion to $2 billion to set up 1000-megawatt (MW) power plant depending on security features and technology standards. Bangladesh signed the final cooperation agreement with Rosatom of Russian Federation to build the plant in November last year. Under the cooperation agreement, the Russian government would provide all necessary support and infrastructure development to build the plant and supply necessary fuel to run the plant and also take back the spent fuel.