@article{Lieutenant Colonel Abu Mohammad Sarwar Farid, afwc, psc_2013, place={Dhaka, Bangladesh}, title={LONG TERM ENERGY SECURITY FOR BANGLADESH – FEASIBILITY OF NUCLEAR POWER}, volume={12}, url={https://ndcjournal.ndc.gov.bd/ndcj/index.php/ndcj/article/view/98}, abstractNote={<p>Energy is and will remain one of the major global concerns of the 21stcentury<br>and Bangladesh is no exception. With global energy demand expected to grow<br>strongly in the coming years, burning questions are now being raised over the<br>future of energy supplies, the economic competitiveness of different energy sources<br>and the associated environmental impacts. Energy consumption in Bangladesh<br>is very low compared to other nations. Only one third people are under power<br>supply coverage. Bangladesh aspires to be a middle income country through<br>economic emancipation. But the power sector is hardly capable of meeting its<br>energy requirement with existing infrastructure. At present our gas sector provides<br>most of our commercial energy needs. The state of existing gas reserve is not<br>very encouraging. There is other indigenous source like coal. But exploration<br>and exploitation of coal is environmentally challenging. Moreover, existing<br>recoverable coal may not fulfill the energy requirement of next twenty years. At<br>this juncture, to attain her energy security, Bangladesh opted for nuclear energy.<br>Nuclear energy has many positives while it has few negatives too. Bangladesh is<br>not capable of establishing and operating a nuclear plant at its own now. She has<br>already signed a bi-lateral agreement with Russia for construction of the first<br>Nuclear Power Plant in Bangladesh. There is a necessity for threadbare analysis<br>of the merits and demerits of nuclear energy in the context of Bangladesh with<br>lessons derived from the world. The research will identify and analyse all pros<br>and cons of nuclear power in Bangladesh and recommend objective suggestions,<br>if necessary, to support Bangladesh’s aspirations to go nuclear and usher into a<br>new world of development.</p>}, number={1}, journal={NDC E-JOURNAL}, author={Lieutenant Colonel Abu Mohammad Sarwar Farid, afwc, psc}, year={2013}, month={Jun.}, pages={161-184} }