First planned in 1961 but no progress happened
until 2009 for Bangladesh's
nuclear power plant project.
After 2000 government push hard for it.
Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission started
main negotiation
with Russian Rosatom after examining all pros
and cons.
The value of this agreement is about $12.65bn,
90% of which Russia
given as loan to Bangladesh.
Primarily the cost was accumulated as $4bn
but later it hiked to the $12.65bn.
By the way, after examining all possibilities
both party agreed to install two VVER-1200/523
reactor in Rooppur project.
This two reactors will generate 2.4GWe electricity
in combined, annually.
This nuclear power plant is situated in Rooppur,
Ishwordee of Pabna.
Rosatom started site and land developmental
work here since 2013.
Rosatom Corporation is the Russian state-owned
company responsible for the businesses of
the nuclear technology and services.
Rosatom will complete the project in Bangladesh.
In this August, 2017 Rosatom started work
to install the first reactor.
Two VVER-1200/523 reactors will be installed
in the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant,
Rooppur-1 & Rooppur-2.
Each of this reactor will produce 1200MWe
of electricity.
VVER-1200/523 is the next-generation latest
model.
Russia will take back all the spent fuel rods.
The safety measures shall be in comply with
the IAEA Safety Guidelines.
Rooppur-1 reactor will online in 2023 and
the Rooppur-2 will be online in 2024.
Work to install Rooppur-2 reactor will start
in 2018.
Russia will operate the plant for one year
after operationalize the whole project.
And then they'll handover it to the Bangladeshi
team.
Already a group of Bangladeshi scientists,
technicians and engineers are being trained
in Russia.
Bangladesh got some nuclear talent well
before 1971 and the trend continues.
We have sufficient number of capable scientists,
technicians and nuclear physicists to operate
such a project.
Moreover Bangladesh already
operating a 3MWe TRIGA research reactor situated
in Savar from 1986.
Which gives us valuable
knowledge.
Nuclear energy is the cleanest from any other
sources like thermo-electricity etc.
Bangladesh Goct.
Must consider for some more such power plant
to meet our problematic energy crisis.
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