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Govt releases Rs 3.58bn for C3, C4 power plants
By Ijaz Kakakhel
ISLAMABAD: In a bid to help meet countrys growing energy demand and reduce power shortfall, the government has released Rs 3.580 billion for Chashma Nuclear Power Plant (C3 & C4) from the development fund in the last 10 months of the current fiscal year, sources told Daily Times on Wednesday.
The funds were released to the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) from PSDP 2010-11 (June 2010 to May 1, 2011) and the government assured full support to the efforts of PAEC in developing the nuclear power programme of the country. Both plants (C3 and C4) would add 300 MW power each unit in the national grid after completion.
Top officials told this scribe that Pakistan has been consistently complying with the requirements of nuclear safeguard agreements signed between the government of Pakistan and the International Atomic Energy Agency and said this would continue to be the practice for all the civil nuclear power plants to be built in Pakistan in future. Building and operating nuclear power plants is vital to the interest of the people of Pakistan because as the country is suffering from severe energy deficiency and needed more power plants.
Both nuclear power plants C3 and C4 had been planned in accordance with the safeguard agreements with IAEA approved by the its board of governors in March. Pakistan had termed the agreement with IAEA success for Pakistan and recognition of its nonproliferation commitments. The officials claimed that plans were also afoot to develop the required human resource to increase indigenous capability of equipment manufacturing and to enhance fuel cycle handling capacity.
Overall releases to Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) in the last 10 months are Rs 4.274 billion for 22 development projects in which major allocation has been made to Chashma Nuclear Power Project (C3 and C4) i.e. Rs 3.580 billion, showing 83 percent spending on this project.
Apart from this allocation, the government also allocated another Rs 192 million for Chashma Nuclear Power Project C-II, Minawali, Rs 60 million for MP3 Taunsa-2 Uranium Mining Project, Rs 57.065 million released for upgradation of CHASCENT Kundian, Rs 53 million earmarked for DI Khan Institute of Nuclear Medicines.
PSDP-2010-11 releases for other projects the PAEC are; Rs 42.200 million given to the scheme Detailed Exploration of Uranium Resources in Bannu Basin and Kohat Plateau, Rs 40.700 million released to Detailed Exploration of Uranium (Phase-V II) DG Khan, Rs 9.354 million to NMSS (Phase-VI) Lahore, Rs 35.700 million to Swat Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Radiotherapy, Rs 15.400 million to Bannu Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Radiotherapy, Rs 24.200 million to Benazirabad Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Radiotherapy, Rs 28 million to Establishment of National Institute of Lasers and Optronics (NILOP), Rs 24.700 million to upgradation of KINPOE Infrastructure Karachi, Rs 27 million released to Nuclear Power Fuel Testing Project (NPF-TP) Mianwali, Rs 13.245 million for Global Change Impact Studies Center IIASA Pakistan Collaboration Islamabad, Rs 41 million for Development of Project Team for site Development and Installation of 300 MW and 1000 MW Nuclear Power Plant Karachi, Rs 0.900 million for Cloning of Cellulose Gens (s) for Ethanol Production from Plant Biomass Faisalabad.
More projects of the PAEC: Rs 13 million for Nilore Complex Hospital (PINSTECH) Nilore Islamabad, Rs 16 million for Center for Earthquake Studies (SES) and Rs 1 million released for establishment of project Monitoring and Evaluation Cell (PMEC).
However, two projects of the PAEC received zero allocation in the last 10 months of current fiscal year. These projects include upgradation of PINSTECH Labs (Phase-II) and Nuclear Power Waste Chashma (NPWC) Facility.
By Ijaz Kakakhel
ISLAMABAD: In a bid to help meet countrys growing energy demand and reduce power shortfall, the government has released Rs 3.580 billion for Chashma Nuclear Power Plant (C3 & C4) from the development fund in the last 10 months of the current fiscal year, sources told Daily Times on Wednesday.
The funds were released to the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) from PSDP 2010-11 (June 2010 to May 1, 2011) and the government assured full support to the efforts of PAEC in developing the nuclear power programme of the country. Both plants (C3 and C4) would add 300 MW power each unit in the national grid after completion.
Top officials told this scribe that Pakistan has been consistently complying with the requirements of nuclear safeguard agreements signed between the government of Pakistan and the International Atomic Energy Agency and said this would continue to be the practice for all the civil nuclear power plants to be built in Pakistan in future. Building and operating nuclear power plants is vital to the interest of the people of Pakistan because as the country is suffering from severe energy deficiency and needed more power plants.
Both nuclear power plants C3 and C4 had been planned in accordance with the safeguard agreements with IAEA approved by the its board of governors in March. Pakistan had termed the agreement with IAEA success for Pakistan and recognition of its nonproliferation commitments. The officials claimed that plans were also afoot to develop the required human resource to increase indigenous capability of equipment manufacturing and to enhance fuel cycle handling capacity.
Overall releases to Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) in the last 10 months are Rs 4.274 billion for 22 development projects in which major allocation has been made to Chashma Nuclear Power Project (C3 and C4) i.e. Rs 3.580 billion, showing 83 percent spending on this project.
Apart from this allocation, the government also allocated another Rs 192 million for Chashma Nuclear Power Project C-II, Minawali, Rs 60 million for MP3 Taunsa-2 Uranium Mining Project, Rs 57.065 million released for upgradation of CHASCENT Kundian, Rs 53 million earmarked for DI Khan Institute of Nuclear Medicines.
PSDP-2010-11 releases for other projects the PAEC are; Rs 42.200 million given to the scheme Detailed Exploration of Uranium Resources in Bannu Basin and Kohat Plateau, Rs 40.700 million released to Detailed Exploration of Uranium (Phase-V II) DG Khan, Rs 9.354 million to NMSS (Phase-VI) Lahore, Rs 35.700 million to Swat Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Radiotherapy, Rs 15.400 million to Bannu Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Radiotherapy, Rs 24.200 million to Benazirabad Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Radiotherapy, Rs 28 million to Establishment of National Institute of Lasers and Optronics (NILOP), Rs 24.700 million to upgradation of KINPOE Infrastructure Karachi, Rs 27 million released to Nuclear Power Fuel Testing Project (NPF-TP) Mianwali, Rs 13.245 million for Global Change Impact Studies Center IIASA Pakistan Collaboration Islamabad, Rs 41 million for Development of Project Team for site Development and Installation of 300 MW and 1000 MW Nuclear Power Plant Karachi, Rs 0.900 million for Cloning of Cellulose Gens (s) for Ethanol Production from Plant Biomass Faisalabad.
More projects of the PAEC: Rs 13 million for Nilore Complex Hospital (PINSTECH) Nilore Islamabad, Rs 16 million for Center for Earthquake Studies (SES) and Rs 1 million released for establishment of project Monitoring and Evaluation Cell (PMEC).
However, two projects of the PAEC received zero allocation in the last 10 months of current fiscal year. These projects include upgradation of PINSTECH Labs (Phase-II) and Nuclear Power Waste Chashma (NPWC) Facility.
