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Pakistan
Under Construction
1
Operating
6
Number of Reactors
(as of July 2021)
15
Mean Age of Reactor Fleet
(as of July 2021)
6.6%
Increase
Nuclear Share in Electricity Production
(2019)
84.3
Annual Load Factor
(2019)
WNISR
Essential News –
20 March 2021
WNISR
Grid Connection of Chinese Reactor in Pakistan
WNISR
, 20 March 2021 Construction site of the two Hualong One units at the Karachi site in Pakistan (Photo
PAEC
) The 1100-
MW
Karachi-2 reactor, located on the Arabian Sea, Sindh province in southern Pakistan, reportedly was connected to the grid on 18 March 2021. The reactor, also called
KANUPP
-2, is a Hualong One or
ACP
-1000, supplied by the China National Nuclear Corporation (
CNNC
) on a turnkey basis. It will be operated by the Pakistan Atomic Energy Corporation,
PAEC
. Karachi-3, which (...)
The Annual Reports –
4 September 2018
Nuclear Power: Strategic Asset, Liability or Increasingly Irrelevant?
The World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2018 Released
Paris, London, 4 September 2018. Nuclear power plants added a total of 7-gigawatt (
GW
) capacity to the world’s electricity grids in 2017 and the first half of 2018, a tiny fraction of the total from all sources, which is estimated at some 257
GW
(net) in 2017, including 157
GW
of renewable capacity (the largest increase ever). Over that 18-month period, six reactors started up in China, two in Russia and one in Pakistan. For the third year in a row, excluding China, global nuclear power generation has declined, finds the World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2018 (
WNISR2018
).
WNISR
Essential News –
6 July 2017
Grid Connection of Chasnupp-4 in Pakistan
Grid Connection of Chasnupp-4 in Pakistan World Nuclear Industry Status Report (
WNISR
), 5 July 2017 On 29 June 2017, the 4
th
unit at the Chasnupp (Chashma Nuclear Power Plant) in Pakistan was connected to the grid. Construction started at the Chinese designed reactor in December 2011 and follows a similar project completion, unit 3, in 2016. This is the 5
th
nuclear reactor in Pakistan. In 2016, nuclear supplied just 4 percent of the country’s electricity. Chasnupp-4 is only the second (...)
WNISR
Essential News –
11 November 2016
Chasnupp-3 Connected to the Grid in Pakistan
Chasnupp-3 Connected to the Grid in Pakistan 11 November 2016, Updated 10 January 2017 On 15 October 2016, unit 3 of Pakistan’s Chasnupp (Chashma Nuclear Power Plant) was connected to the grid. The reactor had become critical on 1 August 2016. According to International Atomic Energy Agency (
IAEA
) data, the project represented the first construction start anywhere in the world after Fukushima was triggered in March 2011 and would have made it also the first reactor, whose construction had begun (...)
WNISR
Essential News –
19 October 2014
Court Rules Against Construction of Karachi Reactors in Pakistan
Court Rules Against Construction of Karachi Reactors in Pakistan 19 October 2014 The Sindh High Court on 16 October 2014 barred Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (
PAEC
) from continuing work on two new nuclear reactors being built near the city of Karachi, Pakistan, without adhering to environmental laws. A temporary stay order was granted by the Court on a petition filed by a group of citizens. The petitioners cited the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission, the Pakistan Nuclear Regulatory (...)