China signs deal to build new nuclear reactor in Pakistan: WNN

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• China signs deal to build new nuclear reactor in Pakistan: WNN

China has signed a deal to build a third large nuclear reactor in Pakistan, which wants to get a fifth of its electricity from nuclear by 2030.

World Nuclear News, supported by industry lobby World Nuclear Association, reported that China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) and the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) have signed a cooperation agreement for the construction of a 1,000 megawatt (MW) HPR1000 "Hualong One" reactor at the Chashma nuclear power plant in Punjab.

The PAEC could not immediately be reached for comment.

Pakistan generates five percent of its electricity from four small 300 MW Chinese reactors at the Chashma plant and wants to boost nuclear capacity to 8,800 MW, or about 20 percent of power generation capacity, by 2030.

China is already building two Hualong One reactors with a capacity of 1100 MW each near the port city of Karachi, which are expected to become operational in 2020 and 2021 respectively.

PAEC chairman Muhammad Naeem told Reuters last month PAEC was in the final stages of awarding contracts for Chasmah, which would take Pakistan's nuclear capacity to about 5,000 MW when it is finished. He said Pakistan wanted to build at least 3-4 more big nuclear reactors by 2030.

Imported oil is the main fuel for power generation in Pakistan, where one quarter of the population has no access to electricity.

Four Hualong reactors - a new so-called third-generation model with added safety features - are under construction in China, with the first expected to go online in 2021.

China General Nuclear Corporation (CGN) - China's other big reactor vendor and French EDF's partner in the Hinkley Point nuclear project - has an agreement with the British government to build a Hualong reactor in Bradwell in south east England.

Britain's nuclear regulator is conducting a Generic Design Assessment, which is expected to take about five years.

 

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'China signs deal to build new nuclear reactor in Pakistan'
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Published: November 24, 2017
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PARIS: China has signed a deal to build a third large nuclear reactor in Pakistan, which wants to get a fifth of its electricity from nuclear by 2030.

World Nuclear News, supported by industry lobby World Nuclear Association, reported that China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) and the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) have signed a cooperation agreement for the construction of a 1,000 megawatt (MW) HPR1000 “Hualong One” reactor at the Chashma nuclear power plant in Punjab.

The PAEC could not immediately be reached for comment.

China commits $6.5 billion for nuclear project in Pakistan

Pakistan generates 5% of its electricity from four small 300MW Chinese reactors at Chashma plant and wants to boost nuclear capacity to 8,800 MW, or about 20 per cent of power generation capacity, by 2030.

China is already building two Hualong One reactors with a capacity of 1100MW each near Karachi, which are expected to become operational in 2020 and 2021 respectively.

PAEC chairman Muhammad Naeem told Reuters last month PAEC was in the final stages of awarding contracts for Chasmah, which would take Pakistan’s nuclear capacity to about 5,000MW when it is finished. He said Pakistan wanted to build at least 3-4 more big nuclear reactors by 2030.

US to object to Pakistan-China nuclear reactor deal

Four Hualong reactors – a new so-called third-generation model with added safety features – are under construction in China, with the first expected to go online in 2021.

China General Nuclear Corporation (CGN) – China’s other big reactor vendor and French EDF’s partner in the Hinkley Point nuclear project – has an agreement with the British government to build a Hualong reactor in Bradwell in south east England.

Britain’s nuclear regulator is conducting a Generic Design Assessment, which is expected to take about five years.


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• China signs deal to build new nuclear reactor in Pakistan: WNN

China has signed a deal to build a third large nuclear reactor in Pakistan, which wants to get a fifth of its electricity from nuclear by 2030.

World Nuclear News, supported by industry lobby World Nuclear Association, reported that China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) and the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) have signed a cooperation agreement for the construction of a 1,000 megawatt (MW) HPR1000 "Hualong One" reactor at the Chashma nuclear power plant in Punjab.

The PAEC could not immediately be reached for comment.

Pakistan generates five percent of its electricity from four small 300 MW Chinese reactors at the Chashma plant and wants to boost nuclear capacity to 8,800 MW, or about 20 percent of power generation capacity, by 2030.

China is already building two Hualong One reactors with a capacity of 1100 MW each near the port city of Karachi, which are expected to become operational in 2020 and 2021 respectively.

PAEC chairman Muhammad Naeem told Reuters last month PAEC was in the final stages of awarding contracts for Chasmah, which would take Pakistan's nuclear capacity to about 5,000 MW when it is finished. He said Pakistan wanted to build at least 3-4 more big nuclear reactors by 2030.

Imported oil is the main fuel for power generation in Pakistan, where one quarter of the population has no access to electricity.

Four Hualong reactors - a new so-called third-generation model with added safety features - are under construction in China, with the first expected to go online in 2021.

China General Nuclear Corporation (CGN) - China's other big reactor vendor and French EDF's partner in the Hinkley Point nuclear project - has an agreement with the British government to build a Hualong reactor in Bradwell in south east England.

Britain's nuclear regulator is conducting a Generic Design Assessment, which is expected to take about five years.

What is that mean?. Author failed to mentioned fact that why he called this reactor so called third generation?

 

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Author failed to mentioned fact that why he called this reactor so called third generation?

What he should have instead?

 

[My-Analogous]

What he should have instead?

This is third generation reactor and nobody in the world have doubt about it, if author say's that then he must clarify that why he said so.
Details of plant
Hualong One, HPR1000
In China, there are two indigenous designs based on a French predecessor but developed with modern features. CNNC developed the ACP1000 design, with 1100 MWe nominal power and load-following capability, and 177 fuel assemblies. In parallel but somewhat ahead, China Guangdong Nuclear Power Corporation, now China General Nuclear Power (CGN) led the development of the 1100 MWe ACPR-1000, with 157 fuel assemblies (same as the French M-310 predecessor), and about 30 of these have been built. However, due to rationalization over 2011-13, this design has been dropped in favour of the Hualong One, essentially the ACP1000 with some features from the ACPR.

The Hualong One thus has 177 fuel assemblies 3.66 m long, 18-24 month refuelling interval. It has three coolant loops delivering 3050 MWt, 1170 MWe gross, 1090 MWe net (CNNC version). It has double containment and active safety systems with some passive elements, and a 60-year design lifetime. Average burnup is 45,000 MWd/tU, thermal efficiency is 36%. Seismic shutdown is at 300 gal. Instrumentation and control systems will be from Areva-Siemens. Estimated cost in China is $3500/kWe. The first units under construction are Fangchenggang 3&4 (CGN) and Fuqing 5&6 (CNNC). It is also being built in Pakistan.

CNNC and CGN in December 2015 formed a 50-50 joint venture company – Hualong International Nuclear Power Technology Co – to market it. The version promoted on the international market, is called HPR1000 (Hualong Pressurized Reactor 1000), based on the CGN version, with Fangchenggang as the reference plant. In October 2015 CGN submitted the HPR1000 for certification of compliance with European Utility Requirements (EUR).

Fuller details of the situation are in the Nuclear Power in China information paper.

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2095809916301515
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation_III_reactor
http://www.world-nuclear.org/inform...reactors/advanced-nuclear-power-reactors.aspx

 

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Nuclear power plants & renewable energy plants should be setup in Pakistan at huge number so that the load on our dams can be reduced & all efforts could be madd to save water.