The groundbreaking ceremony for the Unit 5 of the Chashma Nuclear Power Plant in Pakistan was held on Friday, the third one-million-kilowatt-class unit of Hualong-One, China's domestically developed third-generation nuclear power generator, exported from China to Pakistan.
It marks China's 7th nuclear power generator exported to Pakistan, another milestone in nuclear energy cooperation between the two countries, the China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC), the builder of the Hualong One, announced on Friday.
A total of six China-built nuclear power generators have been put into operation in Pakistan now, generating 30 billion kilowatt-hours of clean electricity each year. The electricity generated is equivalent to the consumption of 9.38 million tons of coal, reducing 24.48 million tons of CO2 emissions, according to CNNC.
The construction of the Unit-5 nuclear power generator will help enhance Pakistan's energy security, promote economic development, and improve the well-being of the local residents. It also has significant importance in building a closer China-Pakistan partnership with a shared future in the new era, CNNC stated.
On June 20, Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif announced that China and Pakistan had inked a $4.8 billion deal to construct a 1,200-megawatt nuclear power plant, according to local media reports. Sharif also noted the construction of Unit-5 would be started soon at that time.
According to the CNNC, Unit 3 of the Karachi Nuclear Power Plant was launched in Pakistan on February 2, meaning that the two million-kilowatt Hualong One units exported to Pakistan, K-2 and K-3, have already put into operation, which marked the first delivery of China's self-built third-generation nuclear power generator to a foreign country.
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