Bangladesh would need at least 500 nuclear scientists for a 1,000 MW nuclear power plant for its operation and maintenance after its installation, Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission (BAEC) Chairman said Wednesday, reports UNB.
"Other than scientists, the BAEC is fully ready to work for setting up a nuclear power plant with its existing resources," BAEC Chairman Dr Musharraf Hossain told a seminar.
Electrical, Electronic and Communication Engineering (EECE) Department of the Military Institute of Science and Technology (MIST) organized the seminar tilted ''Nuclear Power Plants in Bangladesh:
Prospects and Problems,'' in the city''s Mirpur Cantonment.
State Minister for Science and Information Communication Technology Yeafesh Osman, State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Brig Gen (retd) Muhammad Enamul Huq, and Vice Chancellor of Bangladesh University of Professional Maj Gen Shafiqul Islam were, among others, present at the seminar chaired by MIST acting commandant Brig Gen Habibur Rahman Kamal.
Vice Chancellor of United International University Dr M Rezwan Khan and instructor of EECE department Maj AKM Nazrul Islam jointly presented the keynote paper at the seminar.
Dr Musharraf said, "We''ll get 4-5 years to take our own preparations following the signing of an agreement with any state for setting up a nuclear power plant. The time is enough to have some scientists ready."
Brig Gen (retd) Muhammad Enamul Huq said they want to create an environment for students so that they take interest in nuclear subjects as their choice of subject for higher education depends on the job market.
Replying to a query, Enamul Huq said the government would ask the country''s universities to introduce separate departments for higher studies on nuclear science to meet the demand.
The Energy Minister said the then Pakistan government had undertaken the nuclear power project in 1961 at Rooppur in Pabna before France had its first nuclear power plant in 1964. "France now gets more than 70 percent of its total electricity from nuclear plants," he said.
Yeafesh Osman said now the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is highly interested to assist Bangladesh in setting up a nuclear power plant in the country. "They want to provide us technical assistance."
About reactor''s safety and possibility of accidents, Dr M Rezwan Khan said the third generation reactors have the highest safety mechanisms with possibility of one accident in a million year.
"There might have the possibility of accidents, but we have to set up it to meet our future demand," he added.
About the cost involvement in nuclear power plant, he said its initial cost is higher, but experiences in other countries say electricity production is cost effective in comparison to other natural resources.
Regarding Bangladesh''s perspective, the scientist said widespread corruption and recent militancy in the country might hamper the efforts to have international support for setting up a nuclear power plant.
Dr Rezwan said nuclear power generally refers to electrical power from controlled non-explosive nuclear reactions.
However, India and Pakistan generate 2 percent of their electricity from nuclear reactors, while South Korea gets 29 percent of its electricity from nuclear plants, Japan 25, United States 20, Russia 17 and United Kingdom 14 per cent.
"Other than scientists, the BAEC is fully ready to work for setting up a nuclear power plant with its existing resources," BAEC Chairman Dr Musharraf Hossain told a seminar.
Electrical, Electronic and Communication Engineering (EECE) Department of the Military Institute of Science and Technology (MIST) organized the seminar tilted ''Nuclear Power Plants in Bangladesh:
Prospects and Problems,'' in the city''s Mirpur Cantonment.
State Minister for Science and Information Communication Technology Yeafesh Osman, State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Brig Gen (retd) Muhammad Enamul Huq, and Vice Chancellor of Bangladesh University of Professional Maj Gen Shafiqul Islam were, among others, present at the seminar chaired by MIST acting commandant Brig Gen Habibur Rahman Kamal.
Vice Chancellor of United International University Dr M Rezwan Khan and instructor of EECE department Maj AKM Nazrul Islam jointly presented the keynote paper at the seminar.
Dr Musharraf said, "We''ll get 4-5 years to take our own preparations following the signing of an agreement with any state for setting up a nuclear power plant. The time is enough to have some scientists ready."
Brig Gen (retd) Muhammad Enamul Huq said they want to create an environment for students so that they take interest in nuclear subjects as their choice of subject for higher education depends on the job market.
Replying to a query, Enamul Huq said the government would ask the country''s universities to introduce separate departments for higher studies on nuclear science to meet the demand.
The Energy Minister said the then Pakistan government had undertaken the nuclear power project in 1961 at Rooppur in Pabna before France had its first nuclear power plant in 1964. "France now gets more than 70 percent of its total electricity from nuclear plants," he said.
Yeafesh Osman said now the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is highly interested to assist Bangladesh in setting up a nuclear power plant in the country. "They want to provide us technical assistance."
About reactor''s safety and possibility of accidents, Dr M Rezwan Khan said the third generation reactors have the highest safety mechanisms with possibility of one accident in a million year.
"There might have the possibility of accidents, but we have to set up it to meet our future demand," he added.
About the cost involvement in nuclear power plant, he said its initial cost is higher, but experiences in other countries say electricity production is cost effective in comparison to other natural resources.
Regarding Bangladesh''s perspective, the scientist said widespread corruption and recent militancy in the country might hamper the efforts to have international support for setting up a nuclear power plant.
Dr Rezwan said nuclear power generally refers to electrical power from controlled non-explosive nuclear reactions.
However, India and Pakistan generate 2 percent of their electricity from nuclear reactors, while South Korea gets 29 percent of its electricity from nuclear plants, Japan 25, United States 20, Russia 17 and United Kingdom 14 per cent.
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