The 1,100MW Karachi Nuclear Power Plant Unit-2 (K-2) has been connected tothe national grid.
The Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) has announced that it hasconnected the plant to the grid for cost-effective and reliable electricity.
K-2 is the first Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) in Pakistan with a generationcapacity of 1,100MWs. It is projected that K-2 would nearly double thegeneration capacity of nuclear power plants, substantially improving theoverall share of nuclear power in the energy mix.
Minister for Energy Omar Ayub Khan through his Twitter account alsorevealed that the Nuclear Power Plant K-2 1145 MW has been synchronizedsuccessfully with the National Grid.
Earlier, the collective generation capacity of all PAEC-operated NPPs wasapproximately 1,400MWs.
With the addition of this plant to the national grid, improvement in powerdistribution and consequent improvement in the economy is expected. AtomicEnergy Commission Chairman, Muhammad Naeem, congratulated Member Power,Saeed-ur-Rehman, and his team on this achievement.——————————
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According to news reports, this plant is one of the two similarunder-construction NPPs, located near Karachi. It is expected that theywill be inaugurated for commercial operation by the end of May 2021.
The loading of nuclear fuel onto the plant was started on December 1, 2020,after the Pakistan Nuclear Regulatory Authority (PNRA) gave clearance forthe project.
NPP had achieved criticality at the end of February 2021, and since then,it had been undergoing safety tests and procedures. Now, finally, it hasbeen connected to the grid.
Another power plant, named K-3, is also in the completion phase and isexpected to be operational by the end of 2021.
With these plants in the mix, the number of NPPs being run by PAEC inPakistan now stands at six. Two of these plants are located in Karachi,called Karachi Nuclear Power Plant (KANUPP) and K-2, while four sites arelocated at Chashma in the Mianwali district, called Chashma Nuclear PowerPlant Unit 1-4.
