PM inaugurates country's 5th nuclear power plant at Chashma

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PM inaugurates country's 5th nuclear power plant at Chashma

Dawn.com Published September 8, 2017

Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Friday inaugurated the country's fifth nuclear power plant C-4 at Chashma, Mianwali area, reported DawnNews.

The C-4 plant is capable of generating 340MW electricity.

Addressing the inauguration ceremony, PM Abbasi said that the project would help the country's energy problem.

The Chashma nuclear power projects units, C-1, C-2 and C-3 have already been successfully contributing to the national grid, he said, adding that two large nuclear power plants, K-2 and K-3, were also under construction that he hoped would be operational soon.

Abbasi said that the nuclear plants produce economical electricity; more power generation projects would be launched in Chashma and Muzaffarabad areas, he added.

The prime minister thanked the government of China for its cooperation and said that the projects could not have been completed without the support of Chinese people and the government.

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Anti-Corruption_Pakistani

Sep 08, 2017 01:58pm

Good news and this should help to improve our current energy crisis. We need more plants to overcome shortages and meet the country's demand.

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sabir ullah

Sep 08, 2017 02:00pm

well done. Keep it up.

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Yakub

Sep 08, 2017 02:01pm

Why not invest in renewable energy?

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Dr. Salaria, Aamir Ahmad

Sep 08, 2017 02:04pm

Welcome to the club and thanks to the great land and people of the People's Republic of China for their consistent and persistent support to the land and the people of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Keep it up and hang on tough. May God Almighty bless the sincere and dedicated friendship of the two neighbors and make it more solid, reinforced and ever lasting in the days to come. Aameen, Tsum Ameen.

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pervaiz

Sep 08, 2017 02:09pm

sucessful energy policy of pmln is bearing fruits and will be more energy in near future

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Khawaja

Sep 08, 2017 02:10pm

Hopefully no glitches and the project will be implemented on time

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Asif Kahsmiri

Sep 08, 2017 02:13pm

Excellent - very well done!

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Mudassar

Sep 08, 2017 02:15pm

@Khawaja It has been completed and successfully connected to the national grid.

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MSAlvi

Sep 08, 2017 02:15pm

Nuclear energy is the cheapest. Pakistan should have more of those, but with all the safety features.

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Muhammad Tahir Jamali

Sep 08, 2017 02:17pm

Thank you China for your generous help.

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Indian

Sep 08, 2017 02:33pm

All untried Chinese Nuclear plants are being thrusted on Pakistan

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M. Zaki

Sep 08, 2017 02:36pm

Lets hope this will help in revival of our industrial units.

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Naheem

Sep 08, 2017 02:44pm

I can't stop thinking why are we going for the smaller generating nuclear plants. Is there more kicks back involved in the smaller power projects. ?

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jawaid

Sep 08, 2017 02:56pm

Good news. It will add its bit to prosperity of our country.

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Nisar Ahmad

Sep 08, 2017 02:59pm

Credit goes to NS and be recognized.

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Khaleesi

Sep 08, 2017 03:02pm

PML-N government's hard work to alleviate the energy crisis has started to pay off. Well done guys.

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Umar Makhdumi

Sep 08, 2017 03:10pm

Technological progress is the key for future. Significant achievement indeed.

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Sep 08, 2017 03:11pm

Congratulations Pakistan and pl keep it safe

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ALI khan

Sep 08, 2017 03:18pm

@Naheem baby steps u need know how to make big ones.

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M.Saeed

Sep 08, 2017 03:21pm

Happy to know of this development. We must study and adopt best possible economical and renewable power generation , simultaneously with nuclear.

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Saifuddin Takhtawala

Sep 08, 2017 05:27pm

Nuclear power is not the future of our country both in terms of capital investment and their environmental consequences. The future lies in the renewable energy. The price of solar panels has dropped down significantly low due to Chinese mass production. There is an urgent need to promulgate the policy to provide incentives to produce renewable energy both at micro and macro level. Wind turbines are also suitable in the coastal areas of the country. The energy drought can only be overcome with a step forward in the right direction which is unfortunately not the case.

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Muhammad Aijaz Umer

Sep 08, 2017 05:33pm

This time PM comment is correct that this project will help improve the energy shortage in Pakistan.The solution of Pakistan energy shortage is to adopt energy mix solution.The GOP is this tenure have worked closely to adopt this solution.Well done PML (N).

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TruePinkRomantic

Sep 08, 2017 05:39pm

@Dr. Salaria, Aamir Ahmad nice

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TrueRomantic

Sep 08, 2017 05:39pm

@Asif Kahsmiri What was?

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Patriot

Sep 08, 2017 06:06pm

Now it is becoming more important to improve our energy mix in a way that cost of power generation goes down considerably.

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Imran

Sep 08, 2017 07:09pm

Good work must be appreciated across the parties.

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Khwarizmi

Sep 08, 2017 08:55pm

We need 1000MV+ reactors.

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ZOYAN ABBASI

Sep 08, 2017 09:22pm

Weldon

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Khan

Sep 08, 2017 09:47pm

1% of Pakistan's electricity comes from coal. Compared to over 70% in India.

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Truth

Sep 08, 2017 10:02pm

Thank you Nawaz Sharif

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Mein Huun Pakistan

Sep 08, 2017 10:25pm

@MSAlvi : Nuclear energy is not the cheapest as you say. Wind power is cheapest energy, EU analysis finds Onshore windfarms far cheaper than coal and gas when health impacts are factored in, report shows Onshore wind is cheaper than coal, gas or nuclear energy when the costs of ‘external’ factors like air quality, human toxicity and climate change are taken into account, according to an EU analysis. The report says that for every megawatt hour (MW/h) of electricity generated, onshore wind costs roughly €105 (£83) per MW/h, compared to gas and coal which can cost up to around €164 and €233 per MW/h, respectively. Nuclear power, offshore wind and solar energy are all comparably inexpensive generators, at roughly €125 per MW/h.

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Asif A Shah

Sep 08, 2017 10:25pm

I hope that it works safely and does the job which it is intended to do.

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Amjad

Sep 08, 2017 11:44pm

Keep it up

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israr khan

Sep 08, 2017 11:51pm

this is v cheap way of generating electricity once it starts working... however the save and clean is still hydel plus it will help u store water for bad times

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Farrouk

Sep 09, 2017 01:19am

@Mein Huun Pakistan Coal is deadly and being phased out in developed countries, but health is not an issue for our leaders.

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LAHORI KID

Sep 09, 2017 04:06am

@Muhammad Tahir Jamali, They will receive generous returns as well,

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Albela

Sep 09, 2017 05:54am

The nuclear plant at Chasma should be named after North Korean leader Kim jong un.

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Azmeen

Sep 09, 2017 07:01am

Congrats

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Rashidayyub

Sep 09, 2017 07:10am

A great step towards energy independence and end of load shedding . I am hopeful that my next trip to my motherland will have no load shedding .

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Abdul Sheikh

Sep 09, 2017 07:33am

Nuclear plant 340 MW is the first design of China. It was copied from Canadian and US designs that are 40-50 years old. China is building reactors now that are 1400-1500 MW capacity. It is well known that operating a 340 MW reactor is expensive. It does not have economy of scale. In USA reactors less than 900 MW capacity have been closed down long time back. It is a bad investment.

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Naa Ahl

Sep 09, 2017 09:07am

Drama continues.

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