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PM to open Karachi nuclear power plant s unit today - Newspaper

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan will virtually inaugurate Karachi Nuclear Power Plant Unit-2 (K-2) on Friday (today). The Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) said on Thursday that K-2 is a generation III, state-of-the-art plant with improved safety systems, especially internal and external accident prevention ability and enhanced emergency response capability. The plant has 60-year life expectancy, extendable to 20 more years. It is designed with higher plant availability and capacity factors, and extended refuelling cycle. The construction of K-2 commenced in November 2013, whereas its fuel loading started on Dec 1, 2020 after approval from the Pakistan Nuclear Regulatory Authority. A series of cold and hot functional commissioning tests related to plant operation and safety were conducted, before achieving criticality at the end of February this year. After further reactor physics tests, the plant was connected to national grid on March 18, 2021 for trial operation and

K-2 nuclear power plant to produce 1,100 MW of clean energy: PM Imran - Pakistan

Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday virtually inaugurated the Karachi Nuclear Power Plant Unit-2 (K-2). Speaking during the ceremony, he said that the unit established due to cooperation between Pakistan and China will generate 1,100MW of clean energy. This is important for us because Pakistan is among the top 10 countries at risk due to climate change. He said that glaciers supply 80 per cent of Pakistan s water needs. Glaciers are melting at a rapid speed, and our coming generations will face an acute water shortage as well as food security issues if the effects of climate change are not reversed. Therefore, clean energy is important for us, he said. He also lamented the fact that Pakistan had not tried to use renewable resources for producing electricity. Unfortunately, we have not focused on producing energy from water despite the country having the potential to do so.

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