Third Pakistani Nuclear Reactor Operational

[kaku1]

Why the every nuclear plant in Pak related to nuclear weapon? Is the public still need nuclear weapon or simple elctricity?

 

[Muhammad Sharique]

Masha'Allah, good initiative.

Why the every nuclear plant in Pak related to nuclear weapon? Is the public still need nuclear weapon or simple elctricity?

Work is definitely underway. Just a tough time for Pakistan. Which is surely temporary.

 

[Donatello]

Much awaited news for Indian members who claimed that Pakistan does not have a plutonium nuclear weapons program. Man these pesky Indian trolls.

 

[kaku1]

Much awaited news for Indian members who claimed that Pakistan does not have a plutonium nuclear weapons program. Man these pesky Indian trolls.

Masha'Allah, good initiative.


Work is definitely underway. Just a tough time for Pakistan. Which is surely temporary.

Really bro, seriously. Pak still need nuclear weapon, in a situation when electric crisis going on, nuclear power is long term project, but thats required to support the economy. But still you pouring money for nuclear reactor to support A-bomb and not for electricity. And you saying Masha'Allah, Ridiculous.

 

[Muhammad Sharique]

Most of our reactors are for Civilian use while all three Pakistani reactors are for Military use.




Don't flatter yourself. You could not design even a bolt for your Nuclear reactors. All three of your reactors are imported.

hahaha jealousy

 

[silent poison]

Most of our reactors are for Civilian use while all three Pakistani reactors are for Military use.




Don't flatter yourself. You could not design even a bolt for your Nuclear reactors. All three of your reactors are imported.

Okie ... Thanks ... I get that

Its called Technicalities, perfectibility and efficiency of engineers....

Bro thanks for reply ... But , I was quoting dis statement from article

“Even if a fraction of the other seven PHWRs are used to produce fuel for India’s fast breeder reactors as claimed, these can still add another 137 weapons worth of fissile material each year,” he said.

“Compared to this, Pakistan’s total existing and expected annual fissile material production capacity from four Khushab plutonium production reactors is not more than 46 kilograms of weapon-grade plutonium and 100-125 kilograms of weapon-grade HEU, only sufficient for 17 warheads annually.”

So, y they show Pakistan have more nuclear warhead . I agree with that western propaganda .

 

[iffee100]

We excel !

 

[Gryphon]

Pakistan begins operating third Khushab plutonium production reactor

By Zia Mian on June 30, 2014

Satellite imagery from 2013 suggests that Pakistan has started operating its third plutonium production reactor at the Khushab site. A fourth reactor appears to be still under construction.

Work on the Khushab-III reactor started in 2005 or 2006. Imagery from March 2013 and from December 2013 shows water vapor rising from some of its cooling towers suggesting the reactor was operating. If Khushab-III began operating in early 2013, the first batch of its spent fuel could have been taken out already, cooled and become available to be reprocessed in 2014 or possibly 2015. For more on reprocessing in Pakistan, see chapter 10 in Global Fissile Material Report 2010.

Work on the Khushab-I plutonium production reactor started in 1986-87 and it is believed the reactor came on-line in 1998. Construction of the second production reactor (Khushab-II) appears to have started in 2001-2002 and the reactor started operation in late 2009 or early 2010.

Work on the fourth reactor may have started in 2011, and its footprint seems similar to Khushab-II and III. Khushab-IV may be perhaps a year away from completion since the cooling towers had not been completed as of the end of 2013. ISIS has published a more detailed analysis of construction as of the end of 2013 of Khushab-IV.

The three operating reactors are believed to have a power of 40-50 MWt and to be natural-uranium-fueled and heavy-water-moderated. Operating at 50% capacity each of them could produce about 5.7-7.1 kg of weapon-grade plutonium per year, and operating at 80% capacity each of them would produce about 9-11.5 kg of plutonium per year (see Global Fissile Material Report 2010).

As of the end of 2013, IPFM estimates that Pakistan may have accumulated on the order of 170 kg of plutonium, from its Khushab-I and Khushab-II reactors. This would be sufficient for roughly 35-40 nuclear warheads, assuming 4-5 kg of plutonium per warhead

Google Earth imagery from March 2013: Khushab-III is the reactor at the top of the image, Khushab-II is the reactor at the bottom. The image shows vapor from the cooling towers associated with Khushab-II and Khushab-III suggesting both reactors were operating. The II/III designation is determined by the order in they were built. They can be distinguished by the slight difference in the layout of their respective cooling towers.

Subsequent imagery from 9 December 2013 again shows both Khushab-III (top) and Khushab-II (bottom) seemed to be operating.

Imagery from December 2013 showed that Khushab-I also seemed to be operating.

Pakistan begins operating third Khushab plutonium production reactor - IPFM Blog

 

[Zhukov]

Most of our reactors are for Civilian use while all three Pakistani reactors are for Military use.




Don't flatter yourself. You could not design even a bolt for your Nuclear reactors. All three of your reactors are imported.

Heartburns incureable

 

[Hyperion]

Completely different things.......... read up on Khushab.....

Okie .. First of all Congr8s but I'm confused we have 20 Nuclear reactor they have 3 and even then they have moe nuclear weapon ? How ?

 

[FaujHistorian]

Why the every nuclear plant in Pak related to nuclear weapon? Is the public still need nuclear weapon or simple elctricity?

good point.,

I checked out this thread thinking about the same.

And then I see the bombs and rockets. $tupid thread.

Oh

FYI, Pakistani gov has approved at least 4 plants (1000 MW each) so work is going on.

Keep faith.

 

[rockstar08]

good news

 

[Muhammad Sharique]

Really bro, seriously. Pak still need nuclear weapon, in a situation when electric crisis going on, nuclear power is long term project, but thats required to support the economy. But still you pouring money for nuclear reactor to support A-bomb and not for electricity. And you saying Masha'Allah, Ridiculous.

I am saying so because of course, Pakistan is in a desperate need of electricity, but this is not because we use it in Arsenals. But this is because of governance failure. You cannot mix two different things in here. I'm living in Pakistan and I know better about the critical situation.This is a good news isn't it? I am not the one who throw every unwanted garbage on army and good tiding to government. this is definitely a good new. You can say ridiculous. No offense.

 

[Donatello]

Really bro, seriously. Pak still need nuclear weapon, in a situation when electric crisis going on, nuclear power is long term project, but thats required to support the economy. But still you pouring money for nuclear reactor to support A-bomb and not for electricity. And you saying Masha'Allah, Ridiculous.

The civilian nuclear plants are already in construction, and more on the way. Nuclear technology whether for military or civilian purposes is a difficult task. You have to train enough manpower to man and control these systems. It takes times. Power crisis will take time to sort out. You cannot construct a plant in 1 year. You need at least 2-3 years for small plant to set up and start delivering and for nuclear plants, the lead times are longer. It's not like Pakistan uses nuclear technology for bomb purposes only. We already have nuclear plants in Karachi and Chashma, the one at Chashma is already being expanded.

 

[waz]

The fourth one should be up and running very soon. Construction has been completed.

Our fifth reactor is planned to begin construction soon.

Keep going Pakistan, tackle the energy problem.