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Rooppur: Bangladesh’s nuclear bet on energy security

Swapan Kumar Kundu:

At a time when Bangladesh is grappling with a persistent gap between electricity demand and supply, the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (RNPP) initially emerged as a source of optimism. However, owing to a range of global factors, the project has once again experienced delays. The plant is being constructed with two units using Russia’s VVER-1200 technology. Compared with nuclear power projects in other Asian countries, the construction cost of...
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