Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant: A New Era for Power Sector in Bangladesh

Abstract

Bangladesh is a developing country. In last 15 years. Bangladesh did a tremendous development in its power sector. But still, Bangladesh is not achieved its desired goal for providing power to all sectors. One cause behind this, Bangladesh is dependent on fossil fuel based power and hydro power. Though, solar power is contributing in power sector since last 10 years, but still Bangladesh needs more and more power and energy as government of Bangladesh is establishing more industries and they need a huge amount of power. So, Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant is one of the best establishments by Bangladesh to meet its power demand. Full phase power plant will go for operation in December,2024. In this article, we tried to put some information about Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant according to the information published in several news portals and previous articles researched by researchers.