Why is it taking so long to build the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant even though the project was conceived fifty years ago? Should we go for nuclear power even after the Chernobyl and Fukushima nuclear disasters? Why are we having a power crisis in Bangladesh and how to get rid of it? What is wrong with rental power? What are the environmental impacts of power generation? The author with his expertise and professional experience spread over fifty years provides answers to these and other pertinent questions in a logical and objective manner. He explains the technical issues in a very simple language that makes the narration both attractive and interesting to anyone even without any technical background. The articles, often explained with illustrations, are informative and timely. The book is suitable for students, teachers, researchers, professionals, planners, policy makers, development partners and the public who are interested in nuclear energy, nuclear non-proliferation, electrical power system planning, solar energy and environment
Dr. Abdul Matin was born in 1940 at Mohanganj, Netrokona. He graduated in electrical engineering in 1961 from Ahsanullah Engineering College (now BUET), Dhaka. He obtained a D.I.C from Imperial College, London in 1963 and a Ph.D. in nuclear engineering from the University of Liverpool, England in 1965. He received training in Sweden, Austria and USA. He served as director of the nuclear power division of the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission in Karachi and was a member of the safety committee of the Karachi Nuclear Power Plant Dr. Matin served as chief engineer at the Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission (BAEC) and was the first project director of the Atomic Energy Research Establishment (AERE) at Savar, Dhaka. He taught nuclear engineering at the King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. On a part-time basis, he taught at BUET, IUT and IUB in Dhaka. He attended numerous seminars and conferences, including the IAEA General Conference in Vienna in 1974. Dr. Matin regularly writes Op-Ed columns in national newspapers. He published a large number of technical papers and authored five books: “A Passage to Freedom," "Rooppur and the Power Crisis," "Tribute to Bangabandhu and Other Essays, " "Around Half the World in Sixty Years" and “Bangladesh: A Perspective of Dynamic Resilience."