Dhaka, June 28 -- The main and auxiliary transformers at the first power unit have been successfully commissioned at Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (RNPP), marking a significant step toward full operational readiness of the country's first nuclear power facility at Ishwardi in the northern region.

This milestone signals the upcoming integration of Rooppur NPP with the country's national electricity grid, a company statement from Russia's state-run Rosatom said on Saturday.

The main step-up transformers are engineered to convert the 24-kilovolt (kV) electricity produced by the turbine generator into 400 kV for efficient transmission to the national grid.

Each transformer is capable of transmitting up to 1,599 MW-well above the unit's desig...