India & Russia To Join Hands For Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant PTI/Nuclear AsiaIndia to join Russia to build the Rooppur nuclear power plant in Bangladesh, the first initiative under a Indo-Russian deal to undertake atomic energy projects in third countries, Sekhar Basu, Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission and Secretary, Department of Atomic Energy said at the 61st general conference of the global nuclear watchdog International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). “We are collaborating with our Russian and Bangladeshi partners on establishing Rooppur nuclear power plant in Bangladesh,” Basu said. Definitely nuclear power will help in this regard.”“Training in complicated technology is essential. Training of Bangladeshi specialists atKudankulam nuclear power plant in India will be economically beneficial and language wise acceptable,” Bhoje added enumerating the benefits of technology training for Bangladesh’s specialists in India. Nuclear power in IndiaThe Indian government has approved construction of 10 new indigenously built nuclear power projects, Basu informed the IAEA.

Source: Energy Bangla September 21, 2017 07:30 UTC