Thursday, November 3, 2011

Russia, Bangladesh sign deal on construction of nuclear power plants

Russia, Bangladesh sign deal on construction of nuclear power plants
Dhaka (Platts)--2Nov2011/118 pm EDT/1718 GMT


Russia and Bangladesh Wednesday signed an intergovernmental agreement on the construction of the South Asian country's first nuclear power plants to generate 2 GW electricity from two 1 GW plants, Bangladeshi science minister.

Osman and Director General of Russian state nuclear energy company Rosatom Sergey Kiriyenko signed the deal in front of Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her office in Dhaka Wednesday.

"Under the deal Russia will supply fuel for the entire life of the plants," Kiriyenko told a news conference.

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