Spanish Company proposes to set up Nuclear power plants

Spanish nuclear power developer company-Cala Casa Si(CCS)-has proposed to set up small units of nuclear power plants that can provide a minimum electricity generation capacity of 20 megawatts(MW) in Bangladesh.
The CCS has recently submitted an expression of interest(EoI) to the Energy and Power Adviser Tapan Chowdhury.
The company will install the small ‘Units of generation IV’ nuclear power plants having simplified gas cooled reactor(SGR) which will easily meet the very high demand for quality in the digital society.
The Spanish nuclear company noted that the electricity price to be generated from SGR stations would be around Tk 2.5 per unit(1,000 kilowatt-hour) and the life time of the nuclear power plants would be 30 years.
Meanwhile, Bangladesh will send a delegation to the International Atomic Energy Agency(IAE) in mid January to expedite the process of installing a nuclear power plant with its assistance as said by Adviser Tapan Chowdhury. Earlier, IAEA responded positively to the Bangladesh’s work plan to set up the country’s first nuclear power plant having a generation capacity between 700 megawatt(MW) and 1,000 megawatt(MW) at Roopnur in the northwestern Pabna district.
03 Janurary, 2008