The construction work is expected to start next month on the third unit at the K3 plant, the Karachi nuclear power plant using a reactor developed by the China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC), the China Daily reported.
The plant is being built by the CNNC using Hualong One, its own third-generation nuclear reactor design. CNNC spokesman Pan Jianming said it was the second nuclear power project in Pakistan to use the Hualong One technology after construction started at the K2 plant in August last year.
“Hualong One was developed based on very mature technologies and the project is going very smoothly. It will help ease power shortages in the Karachi region after completion,” Pan told a forum in Fuqing, Fujian Province, where the Hualong One pilot project is based.
The China National Nuclear Power, a CNNC subsidiary, has currently 14 nuclear reactors in operation with 11 under construction in China. The CNNC had been accelerating its efforts to sell the technology to overseas buyers, Pan said.
