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. 2024 May 24;10(11):e31933.
doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e31933. eCollection 2024 Jun 15.

Nuclear energy in Bangladesh: A SWOT analysis

Faiyaz Fahim  1 , Abdulla Al Farabi  2 , Md Sabid Hasan  2 , S M Naimur Rhaman Sayam  2
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Nuclear energy in Bangladesh: A SWOT analysis

Faiyaz Fahim et al. Heliyon. .

Abstract

Zero-emission energy sources like nuclear energy are taken into account worldwide due to the negative environmental consequences of fossil fuels and their limited availability over the years. Bangladesh plans to add nuclear energy to its portfolio of energy sources by 2024. Under the scope of this study, the country's nuclear energy strategy was looked at in terms of its strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. This was done using a method known as SWOT analysis. It has come to light that Bangladesh has a significant number of aspects in terms of strengths as well as opportunities that make the possibility of doing an investment in the construction of a nuclear power plant a realistic choice. Difficulties such as a culture of poor maintenance, financial burden, lack of skilled manpower, a poor power grid, radioactive waste management, and corruption are the weaknesses and threats to the effective construction, operation, and maintenance activities of the nuclear power plant in Bangladesh. By mitigating these difficult aspects, Bangladesh's journey to adopt nuclear energy can be more smooth.

Keywords: Energy Policy; Nuclear Energy; Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant; SWOT.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

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The key points of Power System Master Plan 2016.
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Development of nuclear energy on PSMP 2016 [8].
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Maximum peak generation and maximum peak demand from 2010-11 to 2021-22 (Source: BPDB Annual Reports).
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The breakdown of Bangladesh's installed capacity by source [9].
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Annual energy mix trend across diverse cases.
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SWOT matrix.
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Seismic map of Bangladesh.
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Variations in the global Levelized Unit Electricity Cost [30].
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Per unit electricity generation cost of various fuels [27].
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Environmental effects of various fuel sources [39].
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Distribution and transmission loss in Bangladesh [40].
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