Construction sites abroad. December marked a historic milestone in Bangladesh as nuclear fuel loading began at Rooppur Unit 1. Over in Egypt, the reactor pressure vessel for El Dabaa Unit 1 was successfully lowered into its design position. Progress continued in Türkiye with the November delivery of the reactor pressure vessel for Akkuyu Unit 4. All necessary permits were issued for the first concrete pouring at the Hungarian Paks Unit 5. In Uzbekistan, excavation work started for the reactor building of the first nuclear power plant with the RITM-200N small modular reactor to be built overseas by Rosatom. New cooperation agreements for nuclear new build were signed with Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan, and memoranda of understanding established with Myanmar, Indonesia, and Ethiopia.