Nuclear Power Plants in Pakistan

[AgNoStiC MuSliM]

and no one has thought of the decommissioning part

what do you think will happen to the spent fuel for all those reactors ?

I believe the spent fuel is going to be stored in specially designed casks in containment pools onsite.

Some basic info on the PNRA website about the storage casks.
https://www.pnra.org/snf.html

 

[Muhammad Omar]

2200 MW Nuclear Power Plant Karachi

 

[ghazi52]

K2 and K3, Karachi.

 

[ghazi52]

Pak nuclear safety regime as per world standards’
Mariana Baabar

February 11, 2020

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan says it has established a comprehensive and effective national nuclear security regime which is on a par with international standards and guidelines.

“The regime is based on an extensive legislative and regulatory framework governing the security of nuclear materials, radioactive substances, associated facilities and activities,” said the Foreign Office on the occasion of third International Conference on Nuclear Security (ICONS) organized by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna.

The conference (Feb 10-14) will see the launch of a booklet on “Pakistan’s Nuclear Security Regime” by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The booklet is the second version of “Pakistan’s Nuclear Security Regime”,which was first published in form of a brochure on the sidelines of the second International Conference on Nuclear Security organized by the IAEA in 2016.

“This step is part of Pakistan’s practice to share information on the measures taken to further strengthen nuclear security and to demonstrate the high-level attention that nuclear security continues to receive in Pakistan,” adds the Foreign Office.

Copies of the booklet are being distributed among the participants of the ICONS. Pakistan, which has a clean record as far as accidents are concerned, points out that its nuclear regime is backed by strong institutions and organizations with the requisite authorities, resources and trained manpower for effective implementation.

“Our affiliated institutes at Centre of Excellence on nuclear security have transformed into an international hub for imparting training and sharing best practices in the area of nuclear security,” it asserted.

Pakistan takes pride in the fact that its nuclear security arrangements have been recognised at the international level by several high-ranking officials and experts.

 

[razgriz19]

10 years in the pool then its "cool" enough for them to transport it to its final resting place in steel caskets stuffed with some sort of lead clay.

I believe the spent fuel is going to be stored in specially designed casks in containment pools onsite.

Some basic info on the PNRA website about the storage casks.
https://www.pnra.org/snf.html

 

[razgriz19]

How much spent fuel do you think there is?

You would be lucky to fill an Olympic size pool. Also it gets buried for an eternity. So no chances for it to leak or contaminate anything

and no one has thought of the decommissioning part

what do you think will happen to the spent fuel for all those reactors ?

 

[razgriz19]

Every country with nuclear power plants share their operational experiences. There are many countries that have decommissioned nuclear stations. Its a ling long tedious process but not impossible for Pakistan to do. If Pakistan can safely operate a station then it can also decommission a station.

great news

but those Chashma plants at 320MW and 340MW should have been 1,000 MW units

our total capacity should be >10,000 MW for nuclear

its clean way of producing energy

only question remains, how exactly is Pakistan going to decommission these plants

 

[ghazi52]

Pakistan Streamlines its National Nuclear Power Programme with IAEA Support

As Pakistan seeks to significantly scale-up nuclear power to meet the rising energy demands of a growing population, the South Asian country has turned to the IAEA for support in strengthening its nuclear power programme. Regulators, operators and representatives of organizations involved in Pakistan’s nuclear power programme gathered at the IAEA’s headquarters in Vienna last month to discuss the Agency’s streamlined support for the country, which is aiming to expand its nuclear power generating capacity more than six-fold over the next decade, from 1430 MW to 8800 MW.

To facilitate this rapid expansion of nuclear power, the IAEA has amalgamated four of its pre-existing national technical cooperation projects—which supported the regulators, operators, waste managers and non-destructive testers involved Pakistan’s NPP programme —into a single project. In doing so, the Agency is bringing together all the relevant stakeholders of the Pakistani nuclear power programme to streamline their workflows, reduce delays and costs, enhance cooperation and harmonize their safety and waste management approaches.

“Pakistan has benefited from the IAEA Safety Standards and other technical documents, but there is always room for the improvement,” said Ahmad Nadeem, Manager of the Technical Coordination Division of the Chashma Nuclear Power Plant. “In order to further improve the safety, reliability and sustainability of Pakistan’s nuclear power plants, we decided to approach IAEA for a comprehensive and integrated national project

 

[ghazi52]

1965: Press Photo Nuclear reactor of American Machine & Foundry Co. in Islamabad.

 

[ghazi52]

China completes installation of reactor internals at Karachi 3 in Pakistan
14 April 2020

China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) announced that installation of all reactor internals at unit 3 of the Karachi nuclear power plant in Pakistan had been completed on 4 April.

Experts said the development was a key milestone in the progress of the project. During the process of assembling and adapting to the pressure vessel, all the assembly and installation dimensions met design requirements, laying a solid foundation for the subsequent nuclear circuit flushing and cold performance test at Karachi 3, they added.

There are two reactors under construction at the Karachi site – Karachi 2 and 3. These are the first of China’s indigenous HPR 1000 (Hualong One) reactor design to be built overseas.

At Karachi 2, reactor internals were installed in January 2019 and cold functional testing was completed in December 2019. Karachi 2 is scheduled to enter commercial operation in 2021, followed by Karachi 3 in 2022.


https://www.neimagazine.com/news/ne...or-internals-at-karachi-3-in-pakistan-7871209

 

[ghazi52]

Currently only a 137MWe Candu heavy water reactor operates at Kannupp. It began operation in 1971. In 2013, an agreement was concluded between Pakistan and China for the construction of a second and third unit. Initially they were planned to have CAP1400 reactors - a Chinese project developed on the basis of the Westinghouse AP1000 reactor, but later it was decided to use the new Chinese project Hualong One (HPR1000) jointly developed by the two main Chinese nuclear corporations - CNNC and China General Nuclear (CGN).

Construction of Kannupp 2&3 began in 2015 and 2016 but the deadlines for their commissioning have been repeatedly postponed. At present they are scheduled to begin commercial operation is 2021 and 2022.

 

[aziqbal]

Currently only a 137MWe Candu heavy water reactor operates at Kannupp. It began operation in 1971. In 2013, an agreement was concluded between Pakistan and China for the construction of a second and third unit. Initially they were planned to have CAP1400 reactors - a Chinese project developed on the basis of the Westinghouse AP1000 reactor, but later it was decided to use the new Chinese project Hualong One (HPR1000) jointly developed by the two main Chinese nuclear corporations - CNNC and China General Nuclear (CGN).

Construction of Kannupp 2&3 began in 2015 and 2016 but the deadlines for their commissioning have been repeatedly postponed. At present they are scheduled to begin commercial operation is 2021 and 2022.

to be fair K2 and K3 are very fast

much faster than Western counterparts

K2 and K3 are well progressed

 

[ghazi52]

K 3 , Karachi Nuclear power Plant

China National Nuclear Corporation announced that concreting of the outer dome of the double-layer containment building at Pakistan's Karachi 2 has been completed.

The first two exported Chinese-designed Hualong One reactors being built at the Karachi site are scheduled for commercial operation in 2021 and 2022.

The last layer of concrete for Karachi 2's outer containment dome was poured on 10 April marked the successful capping of the structure.

Experts said the milestone laid a solid foundation for installation and debugging and the reactor's operation.

The completed containment building is now almost 74m high, CNNC said. The 366 tonne outer steel dome - measuring about 53m in diameter and over 23m in height – was placed upon the top of the containment building walls in June 2019. Installation of the reactor internals was completed in January 2019 at Karachi 2 and earlier in April at Karachi 3.

Karachi 2 and 3, which started construction in 2015 and 2016, are the first exports of China's Hualong One design. CNNC is building two units at its Fuqing plant in Fujian province, with grid connection expected this year, and began a unit at Zhangzhou in Fujian last September.

China General Nuclear (CGN) is building two Hualong One reactors at its Fangchenggang site in Guangxi province, also due for grid connection this year, and began construction of another unit at Taipingling in Guangdong in late December. CGN also hopes to use a UK version of its Hualong One design - the HPR1000 - at the UK’s planned Bradwell NPP.

 

[ghazi52]

One year continuous operation Chashma Nuclear Power Plant unit-4 makes history



Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) announced that its Chashma Nuclear Power Plant Unit-4 has made a new record in Pakistan’s history by running for a year continuously, becoming the first electricity generation plant of the country to achieve this milestone.

Previously, Chashma Nuclear Power Plant Unit-2 (Chashma-2), held the record of running for continuous 302 days.

Member Power of PAEC Mr. Saeed-ur-Rahman, while making the announcement, said that, “This unique record of efficient and safe operations of Chashma-4 bespoke the acumen and hard work of PAEC’s teams of technicians, scientists and engineers.”
PAEC operates four nuclear power plants at Chashma, near Mianwali, that collectively generate about 1330 megawatts of electricity

 

[ghazi52]

Nuclear Power Plants ........

Big Update:

C-1: 142 days of continuous operation and continue
C-2: 360 days of continuous operation and continue, could even go beyond 400 before next planned refueling.
C-3: 160 days of continuous operation and continue
C-4: 366 days of continuous operation, to be shut down for Refueling on 07th july.


Lots of records. Most employees specially of plant operation have not gotten any leave since Covid-19, but still we have ot been given any benefit other than our salaries.