Rooppur NPP. Dummy fuel assemblies were loaded into the reactor of Rooppur Unit 1 in Bangladesh. Dummies replicate the design of real fuel assemblies in size, weight and materials, but contain no nuclear fuel. They are intended to simulate the geometry of the reactor core for the purpose of verifying hydraulic parameters of the reactor plant and checking the operation of the fuel handling machine. Nuclear fuel will be loaded once all the reactor performance parameters are confirmed using the dummies. The Rooppur NPP is constructed 160 km away from Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka. The plant will have two Russian-designed VVER-1200 reactors with a total power capacity of 2,400 MW.