Replying to a query, Dr Petr Topychkanov from Carnegie Moscow Centre said, “Cyber security must be ensured. The matter is also absent in the deal of the Rooppur Project.”Replying to another query, Dr Topychkanov assured that Russia will take back the highly radioactive nuclear waste of Rooppur power plant. Russia has a system to keep the radioactive nuclear waste making it further processed and has been taking the nuclear waste from others countries, he noted. Bangladesh signed a contract with Russia on December 25, 2015 for the construction and commissioning of a nuclear power plant at Rooppur in Pabna at the cost of $12.65 billion. The nuclear power plant is expected to add 2,400MW of electricity to the national grid by 2023.

Source: Dhaka Tribune February 22, 2017 19:10 UTC