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Bangladesh PM hints at building 2nd N-power plant
April
2014
By Mizan Rahman/Dhaka
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday hinted at the country building second nuclear plant on the southern side of Bay of Bengal after the success of first one at Rooppur in Pabna district.
The Bangladesh PM said while addressing the officials of the ministry of science and technology at the Bangladesh Secretariat during her first visit to the ministry yesterday after taking office in January last.
"We have many isolated coastal islands in the country's southern part. I have envisaged building another nuclear power plant there to meet our growing demand for electricity," she said.
In this regard, she said: “We need to take preparation from now as the whole process takes a long time.”
She said the land was earmarked for Rooppur Nuclear Plant in 1962 and it took many decades to start.
“Under the circumstances, we have finally taken the decision to build the nuclear power plant as electricity is very crucial for our advancement. So if we want to build another nuclear power plant it will certainly take time," she added.
Work on the Rooppur nuclear power plant in the meantime is going on with an aim to issue site licence, determine techno-economic solutions and assess environmental impacts by this year.
The licence will guarantee that the site is suitable for construction, operation and maintenance of a specific technology and capacity reactor.
The Bangladesh Atomic Energy Regulatory Authority will issue the licence on the basis of normative laws and regulations of the governments of Bangladesh and Russia and with the recommendation of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
“While environmental impact assessment (EIA) is in progress, determination of techno-economic solutions is expected to begin soon,” said Shawkat Akbar, project director (PD) for Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant.
Two crucial issues - technology and the cost - of the reactor would be determined in the techno-economic solutions, he added.
These have been done under the first deal Dhaka and Moscow inked in June last year in their quest for a nuclear power plant in Bangladesh.
Activities of the nuke plant construction slowed down due to political turmoil in Bangladesh and yearend vacation in the last couple of months.
However, the project director said they were very much on target of completing all activities in time.
“Another vital issue is the design and safety documentation of the reactor, which we are going to start soon with a target to complete in the given 24 months,” Shawkat said.
The documentation is being done under a deal signed between the two countries in October last year when Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the country's first nuke plant in Rooppur.
Design and drawing of the reactor, working and construction condition, and structures of the nuke plant would also be done in this phase.
Basement for establishment of the reactor will be done at this stage, which is called the First Concrete Boring (FCB).
“With the FCB we will step into the nuclear world,” said the project director.
1. Bangladesh signed a deal with Russia to build a nuclear plant in the north of the country, now Hasina is talking about one for the south in the future.
2. Her husband was a nuclear scientist:
Hasina Wajid.
April
2014
By Mizan Rahman/Dhaka
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday hinted at the country building second nuclear plant on the southern side of Bay of Bengal after the success of first one at Rooppur in Pabna district.
The Bangladesh PM said while addressing the officials of the ministry of science and technology at the Bangladesh Secretariat during her first visit to the ministry yesterday after taking office in January last.
"We have many isolated coastal islands in the country's southern part. I have envisaged building another nuclear power plant there to meet our growing demand for electricity," she said.
In this regard, she said: “We need to take preparation from now as the whole process takes a long time.”
She said the land was earmarked for Rooppur Nuclear Plant in 1962 and it took many decades to start.
“Under the circumstances, we have finally taken the decision to build the nuclear power plant as electricity is very crucial for our advancement. So if we want to build another nuclear power plant it will certainly take time," she added.
Work on the Rooppur nuclear power plant in the meantime is going on with an aim to issue site licence, determine techno-economic solutions and assess environmental impacts by this year.
The licence will guarantee that the site is suitable for construction, operation and maintenance of a specific technology and capacity reactor.
The Bangladesh Atomic Energy Regulatory Authority will issue the licence on the basis of normative laws and regulations of the governments of Bangladesh and Russia and with the recommendation of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
“While environmental impact assessment (EIA) is in progress, determination of techno-economic solutions is expected to begin soon,” said Shawkat Akbar, project director (PD) for Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant.
Two crucial issues - technology and the cost - of the reactor would be determined in the techno-economic solutions, he added.
These have been done under the first deal Dhaka and Moscow inked in June last year in their quest for a nuclear power plant in Bangladesh.
Activities of the nuke plant construction slowed down due to political turmoil in Bangladesh and yearend vacation in the last couple of months.
However, the project director said they were very much on target of completing all activities in time.
“Another vital issue is the design and safety documentation of the reactor, which we are going to start soon with a target to complete in the given 24 months,” Shawkat said.
The documentation is being done under a deal signed between the two countries in October last year when Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the country's first nuke plant in Rooppur.
Design and drawing of the reactor, working and construction condition, and structures of the nuke plant would also be done in this phase.
Basement for establishment of the reactor will be done at this stage, which is called the First Concrete Boring (FCB).
“With the FCB we will step into the nuclear world,” said the project director.
1. Bangladesh signed a deal with Russia to build a nuclear plant in the north of the country, now Hasina is talking about one for the south in the future.
2. Her husband was a nuclear scientist:
Dr. M. A. Wazed Miah (Bengali: ড. এম এ ওয়াজেদ মিয়া; 16 February 1942 – 9 May 2009) was a reputed Bangladeshi nuclear scientist, the writer of a number of well-known texts in physics and some political history books, a former Chairman of the Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission and husband of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
Hasina Wajid.