Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Russia has agreed to Bangladesh on the construction of nuclear power plants.

Goskorporatsiya Russian "Rosatom" and the Government of Bangladesh signed a memorandum on the joint construction of nuclear power plants. This was announced on Wednesday, May 13, Reuters, referring to a senior source in the Government of Bangladesh.
It is anticipated that with the help of the Russian power industry in Bangladesh will construct a plant with capacity of about 1000 megawatts. The cost of the project, according to various estimates, ranging from 1.5 to 2 billion U.S. dollars. Sources of funding are not specified. Approximate duration of the project - in 2014. Name of future nuclear power plants are also still unknown.
It was expected that in June 2009, his delegation will arrive in Russia for technical advice with Rosatom.
The fact that Russian specialists will begin the construction of nuclear power plants in Bangladesh, will be determined when the project financing schemes, the media began to report in early April 2009. Republic of Bangladesh is now experiencing an acute shortage of electricity.

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