Pakistan to set up first mega nuclear power plant: Ahsan Iqbal

[Talwar e Pakistan]

Then share with me ............... how Radioactive waste is disposed off or converted into non lethal waste............?

plz don't say things like ............... we dump it in soil, or seal it in alloy containers and dispose in sea bed etc etc

Well they can be used for depleted uranium rounds. The Niazi depleted uranium round is capable of destroying a T-90 with a single shot.

 

[My-Analogous]

Un

And this is where thing get bad.....
Leakage from waste storage tank.... say bye bye to environment.......


To ALIENS?

Uncle Sam always love such stuff

 

[KBW-1]

Yes Pakistan will build 2220 megawatt plant at Karachi and 2 in Punjab(1100 megawatt each)

These will be state of the art Westinghouse plants built by China. This is the beginning in nuclear energy.
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This is not the end of the road Dams on the river Indus Diamer-Basha already under so is Dasu... Karot, Suki Kinari, Neelum Jehlum etc etc are also in the pipeline

Wind farming in Sindh province Thar coal plants in Thar Karachi and Sahiwal
lot of small hydel plants plus the road infrastructure the Geography and the man power of Pakistan will lead it to be one of the strongest nations of Asia .

LNG /LPG will play a major role in power generation in Pakistan in between 2017-18 and most of our Power units will be converted to LNG. Qatar Russia and one or two far eastern countries will supply huge amount of this green LNG/LPG.

Shale oil in the Arabian sea and huge find of natural gas & oil in Pakistan will put Pakistan in a very comfortable position.

Social justice phlentharapy based in Islamic justice system will be for all .

This will make Pakistan truly a great Muslim nation having its full impact on Afghanistan & central Asia and will be in a commanding position to seek justice for our Muslim brethren in Kashmir & rest of India
Source: https://defence.pk/threads/pakistan-to-set-up-first-mega-nuclear-power-plant-ahsan-iqbal.419464/#ixzz3yNWMwwaQ

 

[janu.bravo]

maybe this one Under Construction in Karachi... By Chinese...


After completion it'll generate 2200 MW

i highly doubt that....could be some new reactor which they are planning to build in Punjab side. if he is talking about chinese reactors which they are currenly building in Karachi thn he should have quoted 2200 MW mega reactor not 2000MW..... also Karachi nuclear reactor news is already old now, so why quoting now? and he said "It will be the first time in the history of the country that a mega nuclear power plant would be set up with power generation capacity of 2,000 megawatts"...

well that's my own opinion.

 

[Muhammad Omar]

i highly doubt that....could be some new reactor which they are planning to build in Punjab side. if he is talking about chinese reactors which they are currenly building in Karachi thn he should have quoted 2200 MW mega reactor not 2000MW..... also Karachi nuclear reactor news is already old now, so why quoting now? and he said "It will be the first time in the history of the country that a mega nuclear power plant would be set up with power generation capacity of 2,000 megawatts"...

well that's my own opinion.

well i like your opinion and and it's right maybe it's a new Nuclear reactor

 

[Nilgiri]

Nuclear energy is not cheap. It costs about two million dollars for 1MW of nuclear energy. So, a nuclear plant of 2000MW will cost about 4 billions dollars.

It is highly variable dependent on loan arrangement + specific local industrial capacity+offset, soil mechanics, land prices etc.

Have you looked at how much B'desh is forking out for theirs for example? Almost 13 billion USD for just 2400 MW last I heard....gaining both funding and material from Russia (down to last bolt I would imagine).

Does anyone know the exact cost of this specific 2000 MW project in Pakistan. It will be interesting to see how it stacks compared to global norm like you are quoting/projecting.

 

[karakoram]

No we dumped it in Afghanistan

good Idea

 

[my2cents]

It is highly variable dependent on loan arrangement + specific local industrial capacity+offset, soil mechanics, land prices etc.

Have you looked at how much B'desh is forking out for theirs for example? Almost 13 billion USD for just 2400 MW last I heard....gaining both funding and material from Russia (down to last bolt I would imagine).

Does anyone know the exact cost of this specific 2000 MW project in Pakistan. It will be interesting to see how it stacks compared to global norm like you are quoting/projecting.

When I read that report about how much BD was paying for their nuclear plant I was shocked. The price I quoted was for 2003 and I am sure the cost have escalated but 13 billion dollars does look quite high. So, how much does the cost per unit will work out to be???

 

[Nilgiri]

When I read that report about how much BD was paying for their nuclear plant I was shocked. The price I quoted was for 2003 and I am sure the cost have escalated but 13 billion dollars does look quite high. So, how much does the cost per unit will work out to be???

http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/Country-Profiles/Countries-A-F/Bangladesh/

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...nuclear-power-plants/articleshow/50327473.cms

As for per unit cost, I have no idea.

 

[Sipahi]

good Idea

It is not my Idea

 

[Pulsar]

Towards the end of last year, a report by a top US think tank predicted that Pakistan could turn into the fifth largest nuclear weapons state in the world by 2025.

http://tribune.com.pk/story/1034352/pakistan-to-set-up-first-mega-nuclear-power-plant-ahsan-iqbal/

* Sarcasm on*

Wow! What an achievement!

*Sarcasm off*

It would have been far better to have been known as the fifth best country in the human development index instead!

 

[my2cents]

That is most likely the acquisition cost of a nuclear reactor. Also depending on the quality and other factors you have cheaper and more costlier reactors. Have you also calculated the cost of electricity generation?

I don't know how much it will cost per unit because usually these types of projects take longer than expected time to build and to bring it to criticality. In India our cost is somewhere around rs 5-7/unit for nuclear. It is comparable to solar, coal and hydro.

 

[tarrar]

It is good that Pakistan is going to make Mega Nuclear power plants & we should start it asap, but construction of dams cannot & should not be ignored as dams are vital assets for Pakistan. Also Pakistan should install more Solar power & wind mills all over Pakistan.

 

[Dalit]

I don't know how much it will cost per unit because usually these types of projects take longer than expected time to build and to bring it to criticality. In India our cost is somewhere around rs 5-7/unit for nuclear. It is comparable to solar, coal and hydro.

The cost should be less than other comparable sources if implemented correctly and efficiently. The cost of acquisition pays off throughout the years. Developed nations aren't crazy for going nuclear. There is a huge benefit despite the few cons. If radioactive waste disposal is managed properly the gains are phenomenal.

 

[my2cents]

The cost should be less than other comparable sources if implemented correctly and efficiently. The cost of acquisition pays off throughout the years. Developed nations aren't crazy for going nuclear. There is a huge benefit despite the few cons. If radioactive waste disposal is managed properly the gains are phenomenal.

To give you a perspective of the cost involved, take the recent MOU signed between BD and Russia. The project cost is around 13.5 billion dollars for one 2500 MW plant. BD share is about one billion out of it and the rest is being financed by Russia. It will be operational by 2022 that is about 6 years away if everything goes smooth with the establishment and political change. With the price of coal, fuel and solar coming down nuclear will be become a rarity in future. Cost of disposing the nuclear waste is also expensive with added radiation issues.