Bangladesh and Russia signed a deal Wednesday to build a nuclear power plant in the energy-starved South Asian nation.
Bangladesh’s junior Science and Technology Minister Yeafesh Osman said he and Russia’s State Atomic Energy Corporation Director-General Sergei Kiriyenko signed the agreement to build the nation’s first such plant at Rooppur in Pabna district.Russia would provide technical support for building two generators, each capable of producing 1000 megawatts of electricity, and would help with some of the construction while offering legal and staffing support.Russia will also supply fund and fuel rods for safe storage.Bangladesh now relies on decades-old gas-fired power plants and suffers a daily shortfall of about 2,000 megawatts.
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