VIENNA: Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) Muhammad Naeem has said that the country has capacity to generate 40,000MW electricity under its Nuclear Energy Vision 2050, Radio Pakistan reported.
Addressing the 59th International Atomic Energy Agency General Conference in Vienna, Naeem said that the PAEC has chalked out a plan to generate 8,000MW of electricity through nuclear means in order to help the country overcome its energy crisis.
He said the PAEC was also providing peaceful applications of nuclear technology to the masses in the form of 18 oncology hospitals where approximately 80 per cent of the country’s cancer patients were treated annually. He said the PAEC also plans to expand its services by setting up more nuclear medical centres in the future.
