Generation of nuclear power

Bangladesh is on the verge of graduation from a least developed country to a developing one with many positive criteria including over $ 750 per capita income. The pace of development is also fairly high and the demand for power is increasing by about 500 MW per year. On the other hand, we do not have any vast deposit of natural gas, let alone oil. The possibility of generating hydro-power is also bleak, as our land is mostly plain and deltaic. The future of green energy is rather limited and reportedly not viable in the long run. In such a situation, our only option is to go nuclear with courage and conviction. Let the timorous politicians and scientists no more stand in the way. I must say that due to the negative attitude of the previous governments and a section of our so-called civil society, our Ruppur Nuclear Plant remained inactive for decades. Let the ghosts of Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania in 1979 or that of Chernobyl in the former USSR in 1986 no more deter us. We never stop building high rise buildings for fear of calamities like earthquake which can demolish everything in the twinkle of an eye. May we not forget that while many developing countries including India and Pakistan resorted to nuclear power generation, we have no reason to lag behind.
Besides, Russia is the only advanced country which can build cost-effective nuclear power plants as it did in many countries including India, Iran and East Europe. For Russia, building a nuclear power plant with 1500MW capacity may cost about $ 1.5 billion while for other western countries including the USA, the cost would be over $ 7 billion. Of course, we need to maintain safety standards and in this respect we can take similar measures as adopted by India, for the Indian nuclear power plants were built largely with Russian technological assistance. Further, may I note here that a good number of scientists and engineers from Bangladesh are presently working in high-tech nuclear and space establishments in advanced countries and I hope many of them would come forward to help Bangladesh go nuclear. We should not lose confidence upon our own experts.