Pakistan to buy two nuclear power plants from China?

[American Pakistani]

Pakistan should seek for other source of power, like wind or solar.

 

[regular]

Usa wont attack pakistan, m8 you have nukes, you're not iraq. usa will get some serious *** kicking if they war with Pakistan. You can sure Iran will support you.

Yes! U absolutely right about that..but they have only one chance or way to mess with us by using terrorists like ALQAIDA or any other religious extremists as their agents most probably they have trained ALQAIDA for this purpose.......

 

[American Pakistani]

China should try to be-friend much stronger nations and many more too, if they China wants to match USA.

Not saying Pakistan is weak but compared to SK, Japan, Australia, Singapore they are, certainly economically anyway.

SK, Japan, Australia, Singapore are not engaged in any major war as compared to Pakistan. Before this war started after 2007 Pakistan too was accelerating with 8-9% yearly. Also i hope you haven't forgot 60's & 70's when Pakistan was known as Asian tiger.

As for China, they knows that Pakistan stand by them in their bad times so they are repaying & making this friendship truly 'All weather friendship'

 

[Major Shaitan Singh]

Pak plans to purchase 2 nuclear plants from China

Pak plans to purchase 2 nuclear plants from China Islamabad: Pakistan plans to purchase two atomic power plants with a combined capacity of 2,000 MW from China despite concerns expressed by the West over nuclear cooperation between the two countries.

The new plants will be installed at the Karachi Nuclear Power Plant complex to address the country’s energy crisis.

The China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) and Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission are likely to enter into an agreement for a joint study to finalise design modifications for the new plants, The Express Tribune quoted official documents as saying.

After completion of the joint study, a contract for establishing Kanupp-2 and Kanupp-3 will be negotiated. Pakistan's Planning Commission has said CNNC should be asked to grant intellectual property rights for the plants and suggest steps that could help the country avoid violation of property rights.

Pakistan and China signed an agreement in 2009 to set up two nuclear power plants at the Chashma complex in Punjab despite concerns expressed by the West that the deal violated international nuclear regulations.

These plants are expected to be completed by 2016-17. Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani inaugurated a nuclear plant built with Chinese assistance at the Chashma site in May and said the two new plants were "already under construction".

Over the past few years, Pakistan has lobbied with the US and other major powers for a civil nuclear deal similar to the one with India.

Islamabad has contended that the Indo-US civil nuclear deal has affected the strategic balance in the region.

The US has begun negotiations with Pakistan on the issue but made it clear that a nuclear deal cannot be cleared immediately due to concerns about proliferation linked to the clandestine ring operated by atomic scientist AQ Khan, who supplied know-how and atomic technology to countries like Libya and North Korea.

In the face of lack of cooperation from the US, China has stepped in to provide Pakistan both atomic technology and plants.

In an attempt to increase power generation, the Pakistan government is focussing on developing nuclear energy.

The Energy Security Action Plan envisages increasing the share of nuclear power to 8,800 MW by 2030.

PTI

http://zeenews.**********/news/south-...na_741464.html

 

[Malik Usman]

Well....there is not single news about Pakistan's nuclear plants security leakage or any other issue so far.....wherease US and Europe's own history is full of mistakes and security leaks......so nobody must raise fingures and must watch their own bay.

 

[Devil Soul]

if i'm not wrong this was already posted

 

[Last Hope]

Not again! We we use Kalabagh dam. ONLY Kalabagh dam, we can meet ALL the demand of energy in Pakistan.
If it were already made, the last year's and this year' floods that hit millions wouldn't have happened.

Just because of political mess about the delegation of Kalabagh, everyone except for Punjab is against it. (Because the power subsidies their provinces get would be cancelled, even the power plants would be shut off.) If we can get Kalabagh dam, we do not need to waste our money in expensive reactors and expensive electricity.

 

[regular]

Okay Nice to hear that if we get 2 more plants 1000MWatts each from China.....Excellent news.....