China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) has commissioned the second unit (1,100 MW) of the Karachi nuclear power plant (also called KANUPP) in Pakistan to the power grid. Hot functional tests were completed in September 2020, fuel loading started in December 2020 and the reactor was connected to the grid in March 2021.
A second 1,100 MW Chinese-designed ACP-1000 unit (Hualong One reactors, Unit-3) is currently under construction and is expected to be commissioned in 2022. CNNC and China Nuclear Engineering and Construction Corporation (CNEC) have been selected to build the PKR959bn (US$9.6bn) project on a turnkey basis. Construction started in 2015 at unit-2 and in 2016 at unit-3, respectively. Pakistan's Karachi nuclear power project is the first China export of its Hualong One reactor technology.
Pakistan aims to reach 8.8 GW of nuclear capacity by 2030 and 40 GW by 2050. 3 GW are currently under construction or planned, which will raise nuclear power generation to 4.3 GW in 2030, two times less than initially planned.
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