On September 1, 2022, the Faculty of Engineering, American International University – Bangladesh (AIUB) organized a visit to the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (RNPP). RNPP is located at Ishwardi Upazila of Pabna District, on the bank of the river Padma and it’s a very highly secured Key Point Installation (KPI) zone of the Bangladesh Government. 19 teachers from AIUB along with 47 students from Department of EEE visited this nuclear power plant. The team from AIUB reached Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant at 10:30 AM and stayed there for approximately 4 hours.
Engr. MD. Ashraful Islam (Chief Engineer & Director, CRNPP) wholeheartedly greeted everyone with a short speech. Afterwards, Mr. Irtiaz Mahmud (Manager, CRNPP), Mr. MD. Yamin Ali (Manager, CRNPP), Mr. Goutam Chandra Roy (Manager, CRNPP) introduced themselves and their domain of expertise. Furthermore, a brief presentation was presented by Engr. MD. Ashraful Islam where the master plan, history, construction, and capacity of the power plant was demonstrated. After that, a short Q&A session was held where the engineers answered the queries of the participants. Following that, Prof. Dr. Md. Abdur Rahman (Associate Dean, Faculty of Engineering, AIUB) thanked the engineers of RNPP for their well explained remarks. Then he presented the token of appreciation to the project officials.
Later, the visiting team was taken for a guided tour to the power plant construction site. The architecture and mechanism were explained by the proficient engineers Mr. Monoarul Islam (Senior Assistant Manager, CRNPP), Mr. MD. Rakibul Hassan (Assistant Manager, CRNPP), Mr. Md. Shazzad Dewan (Assistant Manager, CRNPP) and Mr Ali Hossain Abir (Assistant Manager, CRNPP). They went on to explain the different aspects of cooling towers, nuclear reactors, jetty, pump station, fire station, emergency evacuation plan. The AIUB team expressed their heartfelt gratitude towards the authority of the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant for their tremendous support and cooperation. The tour ended with a group photo with all the participants from AIUB. It was a great learning experience and successful tour for the engineering students.
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