ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) Chairman Ansar Pervaiz said that the overall production of nuclear power plants in Pakistan will be raised from 755 MW to 40,000 MW by 2050.
Karachi Nuclear Power Plant, Chashma Nuclear Power Unit-1 and Unit-2 had been producing a total of 755 MW of nuclear power, he detailed. This capacity would be raised to 3,535 MW by 2021, upon completion of the under construction C-3, C-4, K-2 and K-3 projects, he added.
He said that after 2021, the PAEC will be focusing on commencing construction work on at least one nuclear power plant project every year in order to achieve the desired targets. Karachi Nuclear Power Plant was established in 1972 and more than 42 years of its safe operation has provided confidence to pursue the nuclear power option.
