Nuclear energy and Bangladesh
With the looming energy crisis, the importance of utilising nuclear energy as a possible replacement of depleting bio fuels is quite evident. Nuclear energy is being harnessed in more than 30 countries to produce electricity and this figure is projected to escalate substantially in the years to come, especially in Asia. According to World Nuclear Association (WNA), Asia alone may be producing one third of the total electricity generated using nuclear power by the year 2020. Though a mammoth task, the idea of setting up a nuclear power plant on our very soil for the sole purpose of being in compliance with our burgeoning energy demand is by no means a utopian scheme.
Previous governments though had expressed their intention in this regard, hands on initiatives are yet to come. As Bangladesh has already received IAEA's approval to establish a nuclear power plant, it's time that we make expeditious efforts on a time-frame basis towards materialising this prolific source of energy. The cost and efforts involved are to be gigantic, but it would for sure not surpass the brunt we might have to bear in case we end up being a country which relies on the energy produced by others.
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