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A science festival titled ‘In Fact 2017’ begins in the capital. Talk shows, lecture events of the Bangladeshi and Russian experts, film, short-film shows, photo exhibition, exciting gaming events and many more events on various scientific topics will be among the menu of the festival. The festival was inaugurated on today at the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Planatorium and will continue at different venues until September 28. The main goal... »

Russian State Atomic Energy Corporation ROSATOM is going to host a four-day science festival titled “InFact” from September 25-28, 2017 in Dhaka.  The festival will formally be inaugurated at 10.30 am at a ceremony to be held at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Novotheatre Dhaka on Tuesday, September 26.The main goal of the festival is to raise awareness among the young generation in Bangladesh in the nuclear field and to promote... »

India 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... »

Innovation in the nuclear sector is vital to fulfil its potential in combatting climate change, agreed panellists at a side event held on the margins of the IAEA General Conference today. The side event ‘Nuclear Energy Innovation and the Paris Agreement’ identified the linkage between the future of nuclear power and how it can be incorporated into national climate action plans to support the reduction of carbon emissions worldwide. Ambassadors,... »

Kirill Komarov, First Deputy CEO of Rosatom, Russia’s State Nuclear Energy Corporation in a recent interview of British Sky News talked on the cost  of nuclear energy and other issues. The interview is as below : Q.  Is the falling price of renewables the biggest threat to the nuclear industry? A.    No. Let’s be very careful with these figures, because it’s true only partly. If you combine all elements needed... »

Bangladesh is going to sign the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. In the next general assembly of the United Nations, Bangladesh is likely to sign at the treaty on Prohibition of Nuclear Weapon. The cabinet has already approved the proposal of signing at the Nuclear Weapon Prohibition Treaty. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will sign at the treaty on behalf of Bangladesh. The proposal of signing at the treaty... »

Governments of the Russian Federation and the Bangladesh have signed a collaboration agreement on import of spent nuclear fuel of Rooppur NPP to Russia, today. The agreement was signed by Alexey Likhachev, Chief Executive Officer of Rosatom- Russia’s State Atomic Energy Corporation, and Yafes Osman, Minister for Science and Technology of the Government of Bangladesh. The Agreement stipulates provisions for reprocessing of the spent Russian nuclear fuel from the Rooppur... »

A group of four Bangladeshi children have returned home after attending the Nuclear Kids festival 2017, held in Russia and Hungary. Widely known as NucKids, the festival was organized by ROSATOM, Russia’s State Nuclear Energy Corporation. Over 75 boys and girls from 13 countries including Bangladesh, Belarus,Hungary, Netherlands, Czech Republic, Lithunia, Croatia, Turkey, China, India, USA, Kazakhstan and host Russia took part in the approximately 6 weeks long festival this... »

A group of 34 Bangladeshi students studying nuclear science in Russia visited the under construction Rooppur Nuclear Power Project site at Ishwardi Sunday, August 20, 2017. The students are in Bangladesh at the moment to enjoy their annual summer vacation. The main purpose of the visit was to practically acquaint the future nuclear specialists of the country with the implementation process of the project. During the day long program, organized... »

Piyush Goyal-Minister of State with Independent Charge for Power, Coal, New & Renewable Energy and Mines (Image credit: Twitter) The Centre is looking at doubling the nuclear power generation capacity to about 14,000 MW, Union minister Piyush Goyal said today even as he ruled out its becoming the main source of energy for the country. At present, India generates about 6,800 MW of nuclear energy. “We have recently embarked on... »