Abandon nuke power plant project
Recently, Bangladesh signed an accord with Russia to set up a nuclear power plant in Rooppur. In view of the recent accidents (still uncontrolled) with the nuclear power plants in Japan after the earthquake and tsunami, I suggest that the Bangladesh government abandon the idea of setting up the plant because of the following reasons: Firstly, Bangladesh is in high risk of earthquake. Secondly, we are not so technologically developed like Japan to cope (still to be seen) with a similar situation. And thirdly, Bangladesh is such a small country (radius hardly about 135 miles) that in case of such radiation hazard, people will not be able to move to safer places. As such we should stick to the other traditional methods of generating power.
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