PAEC has accomplished a significant milestone by placing a containment dome successfully over the reactor unit 5 of Chashma-5 dome nuclear power plant ahead of schedule. The event, which marked the installation of the new motorcar, was a major engineering function attended by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Chief of the Army Staff, Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir, and top Chinese diplomatic and technical officials in the city of Mianwali on Tuesday, 10 November 2026.
Strategic Structural Expansion at the Chashma Nuclear Power Plant
The Chashma landmark nuclear power plant (NPP) is an integral part of the country’s long-term energy security policy. Joint Pakistani and Chinese engineers’ unwavering efforts in the complex mechanical installation, ahead of the baseline schedule, were highly appreciated by the Prime Minister, who addressed the grand assembly. The federal administration emphasized the following key measures of performance:
Generation Breakthrough: The state-of-the-art C-5 generation unit will boast an installed electrical capacity of 1,200 Megawatts (MW).
Grid Integration Timeline: Commercial operation and official testing of transmission grid is planned by September 2030.
Alliance Solidification: The industrial project is a step to materialize All-Weather Strategic Cooperative Partnership between Islamabad and Beijing.
Accelerating Nationwide Low-Carbon Electricity Generation Matrices
The Chairman of the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission presented the Chairman’s Welcome Address in which he explained in detail the huge environmental benefits of Nuclear Power Utilities. The Country’s grid is capable of safely transporting 3,530 MW of carbon free power from those running power plants and helps to reduce 15 million tonnes of harmful carbon dioxide emissions each year. Currently 8.6 per cent of the country’s total installed infrastructure is atomic, but it provides a huge proportion of the overall output – 16.6 per cent – and during the critical winter peak periods a significant proportion of the output – 26 per cent – is provided by atomic power. This clean energy development is modern and clean, it offers a very stable and cost-effective basis to provide electricity for local industries and it helps to limit the need for national dependence on very expensive imported fossil fuels.
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