Coal is responsible for approximately 24.6 deaths per TWh (terawatt hour) due to air pollution and occupational hazards.

The IMF prescription for the public means increased gas, electricity and transport prices, and so on.

Does Bangladesh really require another nuclear power plant? Or is the decision partly motivated by the pursuit of prestige?

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday requested Russia’s state-run atomic energy agency Rosatom to consider building a second nuclear power plant in Rooppur.

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Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant Project may see a cost rise due to slow progress in power grid upgrade, possible changes in the loan repayment method amid the Russia-Ukraine war and the devaluation of the taka.

The cabinet approves a draft policy for disposing of radioactive waste in light of the new nuclear power plant that is being built in the country.

Iran resumes talks with Russia to build a new nuclear power plant capable of generating up to 3,000 megawatts of electricity, energy minister Reza Ardakanian says, according to the Tasnim news agency.

The legal position of the contract is that Bangladesh will be solely responsible for the repayment of the loan with interests (whatever the amount), even if the plant is mothballed, cancelled or accidentally damaged.

EDF Energy has reached an agreement with China General Nuclear Power Corporation (CGN) to build a nuclear power plant at Hinkley Point, Somerset.

China's leader Xi Jinping is expected to put the seal later on its contribution to what will be the first UK nuclear power plant to be built in a generation.

The Russians have completed the feasibility study and prepared the design for construction of the Rooppur 2400 megawatt nuclear power plant.

Japan has restarted its first nuclear reactor under new safety rules following the 2011 Fukushima disaster.

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The 2400-megawatt Rooppur nuclear power project is likely to cost around $10 billion, more than three times the initial estimate of the government.