Nuclear power plantThermal power station where the heat source is a nuclear reactorFrom top, left to right Saint-Alban Nuclear Power Plant in FranceObninsk, the world's first nuclear power plantCalder Hall, the first large-scale plantShippingport Atomic Power Station, the US' first plantKashiwazaki-Kariwa, formerly the world's largest plantTaishan, containing the world's largest individual reactor coresVogtle, the only US plant with reactors built in the 21st centuryThe Chernobyl sarcophagus, built to contain the effects of the 1986 disasterA nuclear power plant (NPP), also known as a nuclear power station (NPS), nuclear generating station (NGS) or atomic power station (APS) is a thermal power station in which the heat source is a nuclear reactor.
Core catcherA core catcher is a device provided to catch the molten core material (corium) of a nuclear reactor in case of a nuclear meltdown and prevent it from escaping the containment building. A core catcher is made from a special thermally resistant concrete ceramic to prevent nuclear core material from melting through the core catcher; it also has a cooling mechanism to cool down the core material.
International Atomic Energy AgencyInternational organisationVienna (HQ)New YorkGenevaSeibersdorfMonacoTorontoTokyoTriesteIAEA's worldwide sites:In Europe: Vienna – HeadquartersGeneva – Liaison OfficeMonaco – Laboratory/Research CentreSeibersdorf – Laboratory/Research CentreTrieste – Laboratory/Research CentreIn North America: New York City – Liaison OfficeToronto – Regional Safeguard OfficeIn Asia: Tokyo – Regional Safeguard OfficeThe International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is an intergovernmental organization that seeks to promote the peaceful use of nuclear energy and to inhibit its use for any military purpose, including nuclear weapons.AtomenergomashAtomenergomash JSC (AEM Group) (Russian: Атомэнергомаш, AEM Holding company) is a Russian power engineering company, a supplier of products for nuclear and thermal power plants, natural gas and petrochemical industry, shipbuilding, and special steel markets. It is the mechanical engineering division of Rosatom. Together with its subsidiaries it employees more than 17,000 people.AtomstroyexportAtomstroyexport (ASE) JSC (Russian: Атомстройэкспорт) is the Russian Federation's nuclear power equipment and service exporter. It is a fully owned subsidiary of Rosatom.
VVERThe water-water energetic reactor (WWER), or VVER (from Russian: водо-водяной энергетический реактор (ВВЭР), romanized: vodo-vodyanoi enyergeticheskiy reaktor) is a series of pressurized water reactor designs developed in the Soviet Union and Russia by OKB Gidropress. The name refers to the use of water as both the nuclear coolant and the neutron moderator, in a reactor intended for energy generation.
BangladeshBangladesh, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world with a population of almost 177.8 million people within an area of 148,461 square kilometres (57,321 sq mi). Bangladesh shares land borders with India to the north, west, and east, and Myanmar to the southeast.
Ishwardi UpazilaIshwardi (Bengali: ঈশ্বরদী, Ish shor di) is an upazila of Pabna District in Rajshahi Division. It is the westernmost upazila of Pabna district. The River Padma and its tributaries run through it. Ruppur Nuclear Powerplant is also located in Ishwardi upazila. EtymologyWhile many theories have been proposed about Ishwardi's etymology, no consensus has emerged. According to Banglapedia, the name 'Ishwardi' means God's place.
DhakaDhaka ( DAH-kə or DAK-ə; Bengali: ঢাকা, romanized: Ḍhākā, pronounced [ˈɖʱaka] ), formerly spelled as Dacca, is the capital and largest city of Bangladesh. With an estimated population of 36.6 million, Dhaka is the second largest city by population in the world, and is widely considered to be the most densely populated built-up urban area in the world. Dhaka is an important cultural, economic, and scientific hub of Eastern South Asia.
Bengali languageBengali, also known by its endonym Bangla, is an Indo-Aryan language belonging to the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European language family. It is primarily spoken by the Bengali people, native to the Bengal region (Bangladesh and India's West Bengal) as well as in Barak Valley in Assam and Tripura in South Asia.
WattThe watt (symbol: W) is the unit of power or radiant flux in the International System of Units (SI), equal to 1 joule per second or 1 kg⋅m⋅s. It is used to quantify the rate of energy transfer. The watt is named in honor of James Watt (1736–1819), an 18th-century Scottishinventor, mechanical engineer, and chemist who in 1776 improved the Newcomen engine with his own steam engine, which became fundamental for the Industrial Revolution.
Padma RiverThe Padma (Bengali: পদ্মা, romanized: Pôdmā) is a major river in Bangladesh. It is the eastern and main distributary of the Ganges, flowing generally southeast for 356 kilometres (221 mi) to its confluence with the Meghna River, near the Bay of Bengal. The city of Rajshahi is located on the banks of the river. Since 1966, over 66,000 hectares of land have been lost to erosion of the Padma.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.