Chashma Nuclear Power Complex
The Chashma Nuclear Power Plant (or CHASNUPP) is a large commercial nuclear power plant located at Chashma in Mianwali, Punjab, Pakistan.
| Chashma Nuclear Power Plant | |
|---|---|
| Official name | Chashma Nuclear Power Complex |
| Country | Pakistan |
| Location | Chashma, Mianwali, Punjab |
| Coordinates | 32°23′25″N 71°27′45″E |
| Status | Operational |
| Construction began | C1: 1 August 1993 C2: 27 December 2005 C3: 28 April 2011 C4: 18 December 2011 C5: 14 July 2023 |
| Commission date | C1: 14 September 2000 C2: 17 May 2011 C3: 6 December 2016 C4: 19 September 2017 |
| Construction cost | C1: US$900 million (1993) C2: US$860 million C3 & C4: US$2.37 billion C5: US$3.48 billion |
| Owner(s) | Government of Pakistan |
| Operator(s) | Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (Reactor management) China–Pakistan Power Corp. (Site and energy management) |
| Nuclear power station | |
| Reactors | 4 (operational) 1 (planned) |
| Reactor type | Pressurized Water Reactor (PWR) |
| Reactor supplier | Pakistan Nuclear Fuel Complex China National Nuclear Corp. |
| Cooling source | Indus River |
| Power generation | |
| Units operational | C1: 325 MW C2: 325 MW C3: 340 MW C4: 340 MW |
| Make and model | C1-C4: CNP-300 C5: Hualong One |
| Units under const. | C5: 1200 MW |
| Nameplate capacity | 1,330 MW (operational) 2,530 MW (planned) |
| Capacity factor | 90.3% (lifetime) |
| External links | |
| Website | Chashma Nuclear Power Plant |
Officially known as Chashma Nuclear Power Complex, the nuclear power plant is generating energy for industrial usage with four nuclear reactors with one being in construction phase in cooperation with China. The energy site is covered under the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) monitoring and safeguards which also provide funding for the site expansion. Planning of the Chashma Nuclear Power Plant took place with France in 1973 but the site was completed with China's joining the project, and later providing the reactor in 1993.
With growing demands of energy that was recognized in November 2006, the IAEA approved an agreement with Pakistan for new nuclear power plants to be built in the country with Chinese assistance when its Board of Governors of unanimously approved the safeguards agreement for any future Nuclear Power Plants that Pakistan will be constructing.