Pakistan second Khushab reactor in initial operation stage: HT

The second nuclear reactor at the Khusab is in its initial stage of operation, a leading US-think tank said today based on the latest Google imagery of the nuclear reactor of Pakistan.

"GoogleEarth recently posted satellite imagery from GeoEye featuring the Khushab nuclear site in Pakistan".

"Imagery dated December 31, 2009 shows what appears to be steam distorting the view of some of the cooling tower fan blades for the second plutonium production Khushab reactor," said Paul Brannan of the Institute for Science and International Security, a Washington-based think tank.

"This would indicate that the second Khushab reactor is at least at some state of initial operation," Brannan said in a press statement that also released the latest Google Earth pictures of the Khushab reactor.

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