Nuclear power in Pakistan

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Nuclear power plants in Pakistan:
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Currently (as of March 2018) five reactor units with a gross installed capacity of 1,430 MW (net 1,318 MW) are operated at two locations in Pakistan ; two more reactor blocks are under construction. The first commercially used reactor block went into operation in 1971.

The share of nuclear power in total electricity generation is around 5.5%. In 2015, 111 TWh of electricity were generated in Pakistan  , 6 TWh of which came from nuclear power plants.

history

After the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) was founded, the first research reactor PARR-1, a swimming pool reactor with 10 MW, was built at the Pakistan Institute of Nuclear Science & Technology (PINSTECH) in 1965 . Construction of the first commercially used reactor block began in 1966; it went into operation in 1971.

The Nuclear Regulatory Authority of Pakistan is Pakistan Nuclear Regulatory Authority (PNRA).

Pakistani nuclear program

On the site of the Khushab Nuclear Complex there are several heavy water reactors that are used to extract plutonium for nuclear weapons. The Khan Research Center is located in Kahuta .

List of nuclear power plants in Pakistan

List of nuclear power plants in Pakistan (source: IAEA, as of March 2018)
Surname block
 Reactor type model status Net
power
in MW
 Gross
power
in MW
 start of building First network
synchronization 		Commercial
operation
(planned)
 Switching off
processing
(planned)
 Feed-
in in TWh
Chashma 1 DWR CNP-300 In operation 300 325 1993-08-01 08/01/1993 2000-06-13 06/13/2000 2000-09-15 09/15/2000 - 34.51
2 DWR CNP-300 In operation 300 325 2005-12-28 12/28/2005 2011-03-14 03/14/2011 2011-05-18 05/18/2011 - 14.96
3 DWR CNP-300 In operation 315 340 2011-05-28 05/28/2011 2016-10-15 10/15/2016 2016-12-01 December 01, 2016 - 2.89
4th DWR CNP-300 In operation 313 340 2011-12-18 December 18, 2011 2017-07-01 07/01/2017 2017-09-19 09/19/2017 - 0.48
Karachi 1 PHWR CANDU-137 MW In operation 90 100 1966-08-01 08/01/1966 1971-10-18 October 18, 1971 1972-12-07 December 07, 1972 - 14.20
2 DWR ACP-1000 Under construction since 2015 1.014 1,100 2015-08-20 08/20/2015 - - - -
3 DWR ACP-1000 Under construction since 2016 1.014 1,100 2016-05-31 05/31/2016 - - - -

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Pakistan. IAEA - Power Reactor Information System (PRIS), accessed on March 14, 2018 .
  2. ^ A b c Nuclear Power in Pakistan. World Nuclear Association (WNA), accessed March 14, 2018 .
  3. ↑ homepage PNRA , see also English Wikipedia .
  4. ↑ Pakistan. IAEA , accessed March 14, 2018 .