PNRA grants development licence for Chashma Nuclear Energy Plant Unit-5

An aerial view of  Chashma Nuclear Power Generating Station (CNPGS). — PAEC website/File
An aerial view of  Chashma Nuclear Energy Producing Station (CNPGS). — PAEC web site/File
  • PAEC presents PSAR report, submissions masking different features.
  • C-5 is superior third-generation PWR of Chinese language Hualong design.
  • Will probably be nation’s largest electricity-producing NPP with 1,200 MW.


ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Nuclear Regulatory Authority (PNRA) has granted a development license to the Pakistan Atomic Power Fee (PAEC) for the Chashma Nuclear Energy Plant Unit 5 (C-5) in Mianwali, The Information reported on Saturday.

In its official announcement, the PAEC said that it utilized for the license in April this yr.

The fee submitted the Preliminary Security Evaluation Report (PSAR) together with different required paperwork addressing nuclear security, radiation safety, emergency preparedness, waste administration, and nuclear safety.

And the licence was issued after an intensive overview and evaluation of the licensing submissions and on passable fulfilment of all regulatory necessities in compliance with the related nationwide and worldwide requirements.

The C-5 unit is a complicated third-generation Pressurised Water Reactor (PWR) of Chinese language Hualong design (HPR1000) having energetic and passive security options together with a double-shell containment and reactor filtered venting system, and has a 60-year design life.

As well as, many different technological improvements have been made within the design. That is the third Nuclear Energy Plant (NPP) in Pakistan with this design.

Two NPPs (Ok-2 and Ok-3) of the identical design are already efficiently working in Karachi and including electrical energy to the nationwide grid.

It’s also pertinent to notice that the C-5 would be the largest electricity-producing NPP in Pakistan with a capability of 1,200 megawatts.