Karachi N-plants

DURING the last days of President Ayub Khan, it was proposed that another nuclear power plant be constructed after the successful working of KANUPP to produce electricity.

It was decided that the new plant would be a multi-purpose power plant that would produce 1,000MW of electricity and several million gallons of potable water for Karachi and certain chemicals as its bye-products. I do not remember the exact amount of water or the names of those chemicals.

According to the latest news, the federal government has decided to construct three nuclear power plants near Karachi and the capacity of each plant would be 1100 MW of electricity.

Considering the recent shortage of water in Karachi, it would be appropriate that all these three plants are converted into the multi-purpose power plants that would also provide potable water and chemicals in addition to the electricity. This would reduce the cost of water and electricity both, and provide a third source of potable water for Karachi after Kalri lake and the Hub dam.

Mirza Shahid Barlas

New York, USA

Published in Dawn, July 1st, 2015

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Haleem

Jul 01, 2015 12:37pm

Nuclear is a viable option not only to meet the pace of present demands but also of the future.

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rajiv

Jul 01, 2015 12:40pm

There are high hopes that Pakistan will have energy security after building up of these two nuclear power plants.

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Nashmia

Jul 01, 2015 01:09pm

Nuclear is the only solution to the energy woes of Pakistanis and especially for people of Karachi. The country is experiencing with severe kind of energy crisis along with intense heat wave at the same time. Generating energy from nuclear is one of the most feasible options to match with the speedy pace of rising demand. This is global trend to use nuclear for the sake of civilian power generation. It is environment friendly and safest option. Nuclear has this credential to provide sustainable generation which not only meets the need of today but of future.

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Waqas Khan

Jul 01, 2015 04:29pm

Currently, power shortage is major issue that hampered our industrial production capacity. It is the need of hour to invest in nuclear sector in order to produce more electricity for both domestic and industrial sectors.

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Ahmed Raza

Jul 01, 2015 05:58pm

Rightly assessed, Karachi is desperately in need of water and electricity. Even the recent troubles are because of the mismanagement of the government, which has failed to initiate any new power generation project. In this regard Karachi nuclear power plants are like light of hope in the darkness. This project will assist in meeting the demands of electricity as well as water.

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Raheema

Jul 02, 2015 11:09am

Pakistan is a energy starved nation and in order to make its masses satisfied or to fulfill their rising energy demands vis a vis increasing population there is a need to utilize the available options where nuclear hits the top in Pakistan because of its safe construction and operation in the said domain. Nuclear is a viable option for matching up the pace of rising energy demands of the country.

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