Nuclear Power Countries: Today there are solely a few international locations on the earth that are counted as nuclear wealthy international locations. According to Al-Jazeera, there are about 32 international locations together with America, Russia, Britain, China, India that are nuclear armed international locations. However, if we speak about Bangladesh, with the assistance of Russia, Bangladesh is shifting in the direction of changing into the thirty third nuclear-rich nation on the earth.
According to Al-Jazeera, Bangladesh has established the nation’s first nuclear energy plant in Ropur, Pabna district in collaboration with Russia’s state-owned nuclear firm Rosatom. The development work of those two nuclear energy vegetation had began within the yr 2017 itself. In which the development of the primary unit of the plant began on November 30, 2017 and the development of the second plant began on July 14, 2018.
This $12.65 billion nuclear challenge in Bangladesh is 90% financed from a Russian mortgage, which is to be repaid inside 28 years with a grace interval of 10 years.
Bangladesh is a new nation in nuclear area
IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) had stated that Bangladesh is a new nation within the nuclear vitality sector, the place development of two energy reactors is occurring. Both these models are water-cooled and water-controlled reactors, that are anticipated to be in industrial operation by 2025.
Nuclear gas from Russia to succeed in Bangladesh in October 2023
According to World Nuclear News, on October 5, 2023, Bangladesh obtained supply of uranium gas from Russia for the nuclear energy plant. After which it is shifting in the direction of changing into the thirty third nation within the variety of nuclear vitality producing international locations.
After the uranium gas reached Bangladesh on October 5, 2023, IAEA chief Rafael Mariano Grossi stated in his handle that Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina fulfilled Bangladesh’s dream of reaching nuclear vitality. Apart from this, he additionally congratulated Sheikh Hasina.