Information Center on Nuclear Energy (ICONE) in Dhaka and Public Information Center on Nuclear (PIC) in Ishwardi (Pabna) have jointly organized a spectacular online event series on December 17-18, 2020 to promote nuclear energy and science among mass people here.
The event “Nuclear and Science Days” was created to generate interest about this comparatively unknown branch of science as well as the clean, green, and efficient form of energy like nuclear and importance of Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant in the national plan implementation to achieve energy security, said a release.
In 2020, Nuclear and Science Days was held online for the first time.
The program of the festival included six events, all were held online and broadcasted on Facebook. Among the events ‘Expert Talk on Food Irradiation’ was broadcasted live.
Other events were ‘Expert Talk on History and Future of Rooppur NPP’, ‘Cycling with Dosimeters’, ‘Visit at ICONE of famous influencer Keto Bhai’, ‘Social awareness on nuclear: a tour of the streets in Ishwardi’ and Special debate on ‘Superheroes and Science’.
