Dhaka,
Sep 6 Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said that the
government will set up a second nuclear plant in the southern part of
the country. She was speaking after inaugurating six new modern scientific research facilities, including a 3MV Tandem Accelerator, at the Bangladesh Nuclear Energy Commission in Savar on Thursday. The facilities, set up at a cost of nearly Tk 2 billion, aim at strengthening nuclear research in Bangladesh.
"We want to use nuclear energy only to develop our living standards through expansion of power generation, industries and agricultural productions and modern medical services," Hasina added.
She pointed out that the countries, which achieved scientific breakthroughs through research, were the ones to catapult ahead economically in this age of modern science and technology. "So the current government has emphasised on scientific research."
The Prime Minister also expressed hope that the addition of the new highly-sensitive equipment would open new horizons for the Bangladeshi researchers.
The current government sped up the 1961 initiative to build a nuclear plant in Rooppur. In 2008, the caretaker government took the initiative to revive the project and started communication with Russia. When the Awami League came to power in 2009, it worked on speedy completion of the project targeting to set up two reactors, with a total output of 2000MW.
A framework agreement with Rosatom was signed in May 2010, and in June a national committee headed by the Prime Minister was formed to implement the work. The final cooperation agreement with the government and Rosatom was signed on Nov 2.
"We have finished all preparations to set up the nuclear plant in Rooppur," Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina claimed and expressed hope that the scientists and researchers would be able to meet the people's expectations by coming up with technical and scientific breakthroughs.
She also emphasised on research in applications alongside basic research, "so that the country's resources and abilities are fully utilised, speedy development is ensured in agriculture, education, health and infrastructure sectors; and the challenges of climate change are addressed."
(bdnews24.com) --
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