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Pakistan to construct more nuclear power plants
Pakistan would construct more nuclear power plants after Chashma Nuclear Power Plant Unit-2 ( CHASSNUP-2) as it has abundant expertise, manpower and reliable friends for cooperation in this regard, officials said on Friday. “Pakistan has now more dependable workforce and friends and our nuclear power program is poised for expansion in order to meet the higher needs of accelerated economic development of the country,” the official Associated Press of Pakistan Friday quoted Advisor to the Prime Minister for Strategic Program Ishfaquue Ahmed as saying in Chashma.
Ahmed was addressing the ground-breaking ceremony of Chashma Nuclear Power Plant Unit-2, to be constructed in collaboration with China. Referring to Shahrah-e-Dosti, a road at Chashma site named to signify Pak-China friendship, Ishfaque Ahmed said this road has no end point, an allusion to ever growing cooperation between the two countries in the peaceful usage of nuclear energy. “The creation of an independent Pakistan Nuclear Regulatory Authority (PNRA) will be helpful in ensuring safety and integrity of nuclear power plant,” he said.
Earlier, in his welcome address, Chairman of Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC), Parvez Butt said Pakistan has demonstrated its capability to operate nuclear power plants efficiently and safely for the last 34 years. The chairman said President General Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz have provided their fullest support for the development of strong base for producing nuclear electricity as per requirement of the country. There is resurgence of nuclear power in the world due to global warming and soaring oil prices and Pakistan nuclear electricity program will be expanded as per local and global conditions, he said.
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