Re: [ALOCHONA] Re: MoU with Russia on N-power plant signed

Nuclear Power with Russian Help ?

Bangladesh and Russia signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in peaceful use of nuclear energy on 13th May 2009. Bangladesh government will install 600MW to 1,000MW electricity generation capacity nuclear power plant within four to five years at Rooppur in Pabna as a part of peaceful nuclear deal (!)

We did not forget the Chernobyl disaster of 1986. It was a nuclear reactor accident at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine, then part of the Soviet Union. It's a difficult choice for Bangladesh. You are right Mr. Ezajur Rahman, nuclear power is, inspite of cost and risk, the 'easiest' solution. Within a predictable number of years, for a predictably high cost, with a nuclear power station we can get a reliable source of electricity. I think this government, or any other government, simply has no choice – given our 'mentality'.

According to a statistic of University scolers, Bangladesh has only 4 to 5 University professor of the subject Nuclear Physics. They are respectable teachers and has got theoritical knowledge. None of them are experts of Nuclear Power Plan. Now the question is who is going to take the responsibility? Bangladeshi Experts or Russian Experts?

 

Should Bangladesh embrace nuclear energy? Today, the biggest challenge for nuclear is the stranglehold the developed nations have put on it with sanctions. Making nuclear power an option for developing countries is of great importance; the developing world will act to meet its growing energy demand, but may pursue less environmentally-friendly sources of energy. By gaining access to affordable nuclear energy, countries can offset negative environmental consequences through investing in the only near-term option for producing large amounts of emission-free electricity. Equally important is the fact that affordable electricity translates into a stronger economy, a more skilled workforce, and improved quality of life for people living in these countries

 

Maybe we have to search for other alternative energy, such as Solar Energy, Wind Energy and Biogas to solve the problem.

 

With best Thanking

Mir Monaz Haque (Teacher : Engineering Physics)

----- Original Message -----
From: ezajur
To: alochona@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [ALOCHONA] Re: MoU with Russia on N-power plant signed
Date: Mon, 01 Jun 2009 09:09:31 -0000

It's a difficult choice for Bangladesh. Nuclear power is, inspite of cost and risk, the 'easiest' solution. Within a predictable number of years, for a predictably high cost, with a nuclear power station we can get a reliable source of electricity. I think this government, or any other government, simply has no choice - given our 'mentality'.

The main problem with conventional power stations, based on my own enquiries is simply that we can have the equipment, technology, knowledge, plant and distribution networks - but we can't get the power to run the power station in the first place. That is to say - our problem is first of all with the energy inputs. Gas sources are underdeveloped, coal is an unknown.

Like so many other problems, Bangladesh need not import consultants and solutions. We need to be creative, imaginative, innovative. We need to identify and harness our own talents. It's the only way. But tragically - we are nowhere close to such a can do attitude. Frustrated, most of our talent leaves the country.

Instead of protecting, celebrating and harnessing our mighty rivers - all we can do is watch them shrink and die slowly. Oh yeah - and sing about them.

We need a task force approach to our problems. Result based, fully empowered, passionately motivated task forces.

Not a committee based approach.

And what's with the Army looking after Jamuna Bridge? What is that? A payoff? We need the Army cleaning the Buriganga!

Never mind. At least calling the Jamuna Bridget the Bongobondhu Bridge will help.

Ezajur Rahman
Kuwait


--- In alochona@yahoogroups.com, Cyrus <thoughtocrat@...> wrote:
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> This is by far the worst idea that this government has come up with. I am strange deja vu about Chernobyl, but I am sure Russia's nuclear tech has come along over the years. But that's not the point. When the entire globe is moving towards sustainable and clean energy, Bangladesh is going nuclear. Great! The abundance of solar, water and wind technology could have solved our current crisis with half the cost and in record time. But these morons had to think of something that is fiscally irresponsible and environmentally damaging for a country, already has no clue about arsenic poisoning.
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> MoU with Russia on N-power plant signed
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> Bangladesh and Russia signed a memorandum of understanding on Wednesday on installation of a nuclear power plant. The chairman of Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission and deputy director general, Russian State Atomic Energy Commission, signed the deal aimed at peaceful utilisation of nuclear energy, the first step towards the installation. State minister for science Yafes Osman and prime minister's energy affairs adviser Toufique-e-Elahi Chowdhury were present there.
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> A high-powered delegation of Russia, a global leader in nuclear technology, arrived in Dhaka on Tuesday to sign the deal. Prime minister Sheikh Hasina provisionally approved the draft MoU, officials said last week. Science secretary Nazmul Huda Khan told bdnews24.com on Monday that they had made a lot of ground in the negotiations.
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> The draft MoU was finalised in a three-day meeting last month in Dhaka where they had agreed on installation of the plant. Ministry officials said the capacity of the power plant would be finalised in the final deal but the government decided to set up two plants, each with 1000 megawatt capacity. Russia did not specify the financial terms which would be settled after the final agreement, said the officials with direct knowledge of the negotiations.
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> Sources said Russia was interested to provide loan, probably on easy terms, rather than grant. The Economic Relation Division will settle the financial terms and conditions once the MoU is signed. Russia supplied 10 nuclear power plants last year and has supplied as many as 65 plants to Iran, India, China, Armenia, Ukraine, Hungary, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Finland, Bulgaria and Germany. Currently it is constructing 11 power plants in countries.
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> The first initiative to install nuclear power plant in Bangladesh in Rooppur, Pabna was taken in 1961. Currently 439 power plants are producing 16 percent of total electricity around the world.
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> China and South Korea also approached Bangladesh to set up new clear power plant.
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> http://bdnews24. com/details. php?id=84118&cid=2
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