Nuclear generator
It is imperative that we need new power generating capacity based on sustainable fuel source and that the proposal to build nuclear power generator/s is under active consideration by the government. France, Russia, USA, UK are leaders in this field and I along with many other of your correspondents have previously advocated that this route should be taken for our partial power need also.
However, I saw a movie last night where an American nuclear generator in its midwest is devastated by a couple of tornadoes bringing back the memories of the horror of Chernobyl disaster. Bangladesh is prone to earthquakes and other natural phenomena like storms, floods, cyclones, Tsunamis, sudden erosion by rivers, landslides etc, in addition to its lack of properly trained and motivated manpower to run and maintain a nuclear power station.
So the danger of a failure in such a densely populated country or its risk assessment is beyond thinking.
As such I am now of the opinion that such nuclear power stations perhaps are not for a country like Bangladesh, and other methods must be utilised.
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