UNB, Dhaka :
Defending the high cost of Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant project (RNPP), Chairman of the Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission (BAEA) Engineer M Ali Zulquarnain on Monday said safety issues have been ensured in the country’s first-ever nuclear power project and the ‘safety has got its value’.
“Many may say the project has been a costlier one, but safety has got its value,” he told reporters responding to different questions on safety and security of the nuclear power technology at a seminar in the city.
He believes that ensuring safety issues in Ropppur NPP costs the project high. Bangladesh has signed a $12.65 billion contract in December last year with Russia to set up a 2400 MW nuclear power plant in Rooppur. In addition, Russia has charged $550 million for the plant design and conducting a feasibility study.
Many nuclear power plant experts, including Buet professor M Tamim and PDB’s former Chief Engineer (Planning) Mizanur Rahman, found this cost higher compared to similar capacity plants in different countries.
Russia’s State Corporation-Rosatom in association with Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST), BAEC, Russian Atomstroyexport (ASE) organised the round able conference, titled ‘Nuclear Power Project : Environmental and Safety Aspects’, at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Novotheater.
Russian expert Ilya Platonov made a presentation at the seminar. Its South Asian communication manager Arkady Karneev also spoke at the function. BAEC chairman Zulquarnain said the proposed Russian nuclear reactor of VER 1200 will have ‘passive safety system’ which ensures automatic shutdown of the plant in the case of any accident. Describing his 30 years of experience in BAEC’s Savar nuclear centre where a small reactor remained in operation for research work, he said Russian nuclear technology has been proven to be safer one as many countries have set up nuclear power plants with Russian technology.
Defending the high cost of Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant project (RNPP), Chairman of the Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission (BAEA) Engineer M Ali Zulquarnain on Monday said safety issues have been ensured in the country’s first-ever nuclear power project and the ‘safety has got its value’.
“Many may say the project has been a costlier one, but safety has got its value,” he told reporters responding to different questions on safety and security of the nuclear power technology at a seminar in the city.
He believes that ensuring safety issues in Ropppur NPP costs the project high. Bangladesh has signed a $12.65 billion contract in December last year with Russia to set up a 2400 MW nuclear power plant in Rooppur. In addition, Russia has charged $550 million for the plant design and conducting a feasibility study.
Many nuclear power plant experts, including Buet professor M Tamim and PDB’s former Chief Engineer (Planning) Mizanur Rahman, found this cost higher compared to similar capacity plants in different countries.
Russia’s State Corporation-Rosatom in association with Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST), BAEC, Russian Atomstroyexport (ASE) organised the round able conference, titled ‘Nuclear Power Project : Environmental and Safety Aspects’, at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Novotheater.
Russian expert Ilya Platonov made a presentation at the seminar. Its South Asian communication manager Arkady Karneev also spoke at the function. BAEC chairman Zulquarnain said the proposed Russian nuclear reactor of VER 1200 will have ‘passive safety system’ which ensures automatic shutdown of the plant in the case of any accident. Describing his 30 years of experience in BAEC’s Savar nuclear centre where a small reactor remained in operation for research work, he said Russian nuclear technology has been proven to be safer one as many countries have set up nuclear power plants with Russian technology.
