Bangladesh's Atomic Energy Centre has been without electricity for 3 weeks...

[kristopher]

Nuclear power men in dark
Sun, Oct 2nd, 2011 8
Nurul Islam Hasib

Dhaka, Oct 2 (bdnews24.com) — Handling nuclear power is one thing and ensuring day-to-day normal flow of electricity an entirely different one, both practically and figuratively.

And hammering the point is the case of Atomic Energy Centre Dhaka under Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission (BAEC), which has signed an MoU with Russian State Atomic Energy Corporation – Rosatom – for setting up a 600-1000MW power plant in Bangladesh.

The centre in Dhaka University area went out of power on Sep 13 due to a cable burn. Although the cable was fixed on Sunday, after 20 days, authorities at the centre say electricity is yet to be restored due to a transformer blast.

According to them, the centre is 'controlled' by the head office, BAEC. "The BAEC engineers are trying hard. Mr Chairman was out of the country," director Muhammad Ali told bdnews24.com without explaining why it took so many days to repair a cable....

http://www.bdnews24.com/details.php?cid=2&id=207706&hb=5

[Vehl]

1. Huh? Dhaka is in Bangaladesh, not India, and the bangaladeshi's dont even have a nuclear reactor.

How did this become India?

[kristopher]

2. Distractions at home...

...and inattentive reading.

Now fixed, thanks.

[Vehl]

3. No probs :)

However I am indeed surprised that Bangladesh is thinking of nuclear power plants, given the over-abundance of water they have. maybe the larger population density might be fueling demand for more power.