Pakistan to build four more nuclear power plants: Peninsula

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KARACHI: Four more nuclear power plants will be built by Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) near the existing Karachi Nuclear Power Plant (Kanupp) as part of a plan to build more energy units in the country, a top official said.

The aim is to meet the target of 8,800 megawatts from nuclear energy by 2030, said chairman of the PAEC, Dr Ansar Pervez, in an address at the Kanupp Institute of Nuclear Power Engineering (KINPOE) convocation 2009 here. Dr Ansar saw better prospects for nuclear energy plants because of what he called a “renaissance of nuclear power” in today’s world.

The other reasons for the revival of nuclear power plants, he said, were the good performance of more than 400 already operating plants all over the world, uncertain oil prices and international concerns over carbon dioxide emission. “Nuclear power plants do not emit greenhouse gases and they have showed that they are more cost-effective, safe and reliable,” he claimed.

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