Bangladesh & United States Sign Landmark Agreement To Expand Cooperation In Peaceful Nuclear Energy
Dhaka: Bangladesh and the United States have signed an agreement on the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, the BNP media cell said on Saturday. "The agreement was signed by Rehan Asad, Adviser to the Prime Minister on Science and Technology, on behalf of Bangladesh, and Jacob Helberg, Secretary, on behalf of the United States", the BNP media cell said in a post on Facebook. "It is worth noting that…
Bangladesh and the United States have inked a landmark agreement to deepen collaboration in the field of peaceful nuclear energy, the BNP media cell announced on Saturday. The pact was signed by Rehan Asad, an adviser to the Prime Minister on Science and Technology from Bangladesh, and Jacob Helberg, a Secretary representing the United States, according to the BNP media cell's Facebook post.
This recent agreement marks a continuation of a previous initiative begun in 1981 under the leadership of the late President Ziaur Rahman. The goal has been to harness the benefits of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes, maintaining a steady focus on this goal over the past four decades.
The Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (RNPP), Bangladesh's first nuclear facility, is currently under construction in the town of Rooppur along the banks of the Padma River in Pakshi Union, Ishwardi Upazila, Pabna District. The plant is being built with the help of Russia's Rosatom, under the supervision of the Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission.
Two third-generation VVER-1200 reactor units will be installed in the plant, which will generate a total of 2,400 megawatts of low-carbon electricity. The first shipment of low-enriched uranium fuel for Unit 1 arrived safely at Dhaka's Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport earlier this year, having traveled directly from Russia aboard a heavy-lift cargo aircraft in strict adherence to international safeguards.
The fuel assemblies were then transported via a heavily protected 300-kilometer route to the plant site, where an official handover ceremony was held in October 2023.
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