Bangladesh and Russia signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) here wednesday in peaceful use of nuclear energy. ICT Secretary Najmul Huda Khan and Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission (BAEC) Chairman Dr Md Mosharaf Hossain signed the agreement and MoU on behalf of Bangladesh part while the Deputy Director General of Russian State Energy Corporation (ROSATOM) NN Spasskiy on behalf of the Russia.
The 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, State Minister for Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Architecture Yafez Osman told the reporters.
He was addressing after signing a bilateral agreement and a Memorandum of Understanding on installation of the nuclear power plant between Bangladesh and Russia yesterday at the Conference Room of ICT.
Yafez said that a high powered team would visit nuclear power plant sites in Russia immediately then the government would decide about the final deal with Russia in this regard.
Responding a question, he said that the government has already signed MoU with two other countries including USA and China in this regard.
“We will deal with any of them who would have offered us comparatively law price and provide best technology for the plant,” the state minister said.
Through the signing of MoU, we have lead the next steps of friendship with Russia, he pointed out.
Prime Minister husband nuclear scientist Dr Wazed dreamed to install the power plant at Rooppur, he said. In his speech, Prime Minister adviser to Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Dr Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury, BB said that the journey began to install the nuclear power plant.
“In the initial stage, the installation cost of the power plant is high then the operation of it cost effective then from the other power plants,” he said. He informed the reporters that the government is going to formulate a coal policy this year for extracting and exploration of coal in the country. “We will finalise the coal policy following the consent of local people and ensure the compensation of them,” he further said.
Replying a question, Deputy Director General of ROSATOM NN Spasskiy told the reporters that the government of Bangladesh will finalise the agreement with Russia bypassing others as the technology of Russia comparatively best then other countries.
He said that Russia has already signed agreements to install nuclear power plants in India, China, Bulgaria and some other European countries.
About the financial terms to install the plant, the ROSATOM policy maker said it would be settled after negotiation between the high-level policy makers.
He condoled the death of the Prime Minister Husband and former BAEC Chairman Dr Wazed Mia. Russian Ambassador to Bangladesh Gennady P Trotsenko, Russian World Director MM Meyer and Department of International Corporation Director of ROSATOM VN Averkiev were present during agreement signing ceremony.
Bangladesh and Russia finalised the draft MOU following a three-day meeting last month in Dhaka where they had agreed on installation of the plant.
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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