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2 IAEA teams arrive in Mar to evaluate preparations
Published : Tuesday, 12 February 2013
Two expert teams of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) are likely to visit Bangladesh in March to ***** the preparations and also review the progress in implementing the proposed 2000 MW Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (RNPP) project, reports UNB.
According to sources at Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission (BAEC), of the two IAEA teams, one is expected to arrive in the first week of March to ***** the country's preparation on human resource development required for the operation of the RNPP project.
"The second IAEA team will be coming to Bangladesh in the second week of the same month (March)," said a top official of the BAEC. The second team will mainly help Bangladesh initiate a "work plan for the nuclear power sector," he added.
As global watchdog, the IAEA has been assisting Bangladesh to build infrastructures for the RNPP project according to its safety rules. Until last year, a number of IAEA teams visited Bangladesh since 2008 after it had expressed desire to build a nuclear power plant.
But Bangladesh's deal with Russia, signed last month during Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's Moscow visit, lends some significance to the visit of the two IAEA teams, said a senior official at the IAEA.
Under the deal, Russia will provide US$ 500 million state credit to design the two units of nuclear power plant each having 1000 MW capacity. Under the funding, the nuclear power nation will also provide training to local scientists and engineers as the project will need about 1600 manpower.
As per the government plan, the groundbreaking work of the project will start in September-October this year and civil construction will be completed by 2015 and then power plant installation will be completed by 2020.
Russia will help build and operate the plant and supply the necessary fuels and also take back the burnt waste.
When contacted, Director of BAEC and Project Director of RNPP Dr Mohammad Shawkat Akbar admitted about the visit of the IAEA teams. He, however, said Bangladesh has sent a schedule in this connection in consultation with the IAEA. "But we're yet to receive a reply from them."
Dr Akbar said each IAEA team might stay in Bangladesh for 3-4 days and during their visit, they will thoroughly examine Bangladesh's preparations on human resource development. If needed, one IAEA team will provide recommendations to update the preparations. In some cases, they can ask for rescheduling our plan, he said.
The RNPP project director also said that the other IAEA team will review the engineering and environment safety measures of the project.
Financial Express :: Financial Newspaper of Bangladesh
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Published : Tuesday, 12 February 2013
Two expert teams of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) are likely to visit Bangladesh in March to ***** the preparations and also review the progress in implementing the proposed 2000 MW Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (RNPP) project, reports UNB.
According to sources at Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission (BAEC), of the two IAEA teams, one is expected to arrive in the first week of March to ***** the country's preparation on human resource development required for the operation of the RNPP project.
"The second IAEA team will be coming to Bangladesh in the second week of the same month (March)," said a top official of the BAEC. The second team will mainly help Bangladesh initiate a "work plan for the nuclear power sector," he added.
As global watchdog, the IAEA has been assisting Bangladesh to build infrastructures for the RNPP project according to its safety rules. Until last year, a number of IAEA teams visited Bangladesh since 2008 after it had expressed desire to build a nuclear power plant.
But Bangladesh's deal with Russia, signed last month during Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's Moscow visit, lends some significance to the visit of the two IAEA teams, said a senior official at the IAEA.
Under the deal, Russia will provide US$ 500 million state credit to design the two units of nuclear power plant each having 1000 MW capacity. Under the funding, the nuclear power nation will also provide training to local scientists and engineers as the project will need about 1600 manpower.
As per the government plan, the groundbreaking work of the project will start in September-October this year and civil construction will be completed by 2015 and then power plant installation will be completed by 2020.
Russia will help build and operate the plant and supply the necessary fuels and also take back the burnt waste.
When contacted, Director of BAEC and Project Director of RNPP Dr Mohammad Shawkat Akbar admitted about the visit of the IAEA teams. He, however, said Bangladesh has sent a schedule in this connection in consultation with the IAEA. "But we're yet to receive a reply from them."
Dr Akbar said each IAEA team might stay in Bangladesh for 3-4 days and during their visit, they will thoroughly examine Bangladesh's preparations on human resource development. If needed, one IAEA team will provide recommendations to update the preparations. In some cases, they can ask for rescheduling our plan, he said.
The RNPP project director also said that the other IAEA team will review the engineering and environment safety measures of the project.
Financial Express :: Financial Newspaper of Bangladesh
Bangladeshi nationalists feel free to comment.
@CaPtAiN_pLaNeT
@iajdani
@Moander
@PlanetSoldier
@madx
@sepoi @DURJOY
@RiasatKhan
@animelive
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