Nuclear power plant

Professor M Zahidul Haque, Chairman, Department of Agricultural Extension & Information System Sher-
In Bangladesh, due to shortage of electricity, the economic units of the country are experiencing a setback. The cost of production and marketing has increased many-fold. The small industrial units are the worst sufferers. If this situation persists for some more time, there would be a serious adverse affect on Bangladesh's economy. In this critical situation, we will have to search out for alternate sources of electricity generation. Setting up of nuclear power plants could be a pragmatic option towards solving our ever-increasing power demand. I would like to draw the attention of the USAID and request it to assess the possibility of setting up nuclear power plants for electricity generation in Bangladesh under its technical and financial cooperation programme.