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Development and strengthening of the nuclear and radiation safety infrastructure for nuclear power program of Bangladesh

  • Islam, Md. Shafiqul (Department of Nuclear Engineering, University of Dhaka) ;
  • Faisal, Shafiqul Islam (Bangladesh Atomic Energy Regulatory Authority (BAERA)) ;
  • Khan, Sadia (Military Institute of Science and Technology (MIST))
  • Received : 2020.05.13
  • Accepted : 2020.11.19
  • Published : 2021.05.25
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Abstract

Bangladesh, as a newcomer country, is expecting to start her nuclear power journey by 2022. Due to evident reasons, newcomer nuclear countries face several key challenges concerning the development of national nuclear safety infrastructure. The paper investigates the status of the 7 key safety infrastructure issues out of the 19 and readiness of the supportive organizations, laboratories, and workforces following the International Atomic energy Agency's status evaluation guide at milestone 3 and foreign countries' practice. Much progress has been achieved at phase 3 regarding the establishments of a few Acts, a regulator, and an operator. However, comprehensive regulatory frameworks, skilled workforces, establishments of a few supportive organizations, and laboratories for managing environmental radioactivity, radiological accidents, and radioactive wastes are yet to ready. Several suggestions are made for establishing and expediting radiation monitoring laboratories, a radiological emergency management center, a radioactive waste management company, and technical support organizations for the safety infrastructure. To avoid perceived risks, policymakers and competent authorities need to emphasize creating an optimized safety infrastructure before commissioning and operating the 1st nuclear power plant safely, securely, and cost-sustainably.

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