Pakistan and China have signed a US$4.8bn deal to build a 1.2 GW nuclear power plant in central Pakistan. The Chashma 5 nuclear plant will be built near the town of Chashma in the Mianwali district, Punjab province, and work on the project is expected to start in the coming weeks. The announcement of the project was made following the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the China National Nuclear Cooperation (CNNC) and Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission.
The new nuclear power plant project is not the first collaboration between Pakistan and China on nuclear energy. Earlier in June 2023, the Pakistan Nuclear Regulatory Authority (PNRA) granted an operating licence to the 1.1 GW third unit of the Karachi nuclear power plant, which is the second of two Hualong One pressurised water reactors installed at the plant and supplied by China’s CNNC.
At the end of 2021, nuclear represented 4% of Pakistan’s installed capacity with over 1.4 GW and 13% of its power generation with more than 19 TWh.
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