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Sunday, November 08, 2009
ISLAMABAD: The Planning Commission of Pakistan will support the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) to enhance its indigenous technical facilities for manufacturing and installation of nuclear power plants.
“We will provide all what is possible to this organisation which has an excellent track record of delivering whatever was assigned it to do,” Planning Commission (PC) chairman Sardar Aseff said during his visit to Chashma Nuclear Power Plants on Saturday.
Aseff, according to a PC press release, said that the PAECs plans to install nuclear power plants to contribute to the pressing electricity requirements of the country were well-founded, adding that its increasing indigenous capability in this domain deserved full support.
The PC chairman said that there was a huge reservoir of technical know-how available with the PAEC which could be utilised for socio-economic development of the country. “We need to strength this centre of excellence for a prosperous Pakistan,” he remarked.
He was of the view that due to global warming caused by fossil fuel-based electricity plants, nuclear energy, as a clean source, had staged resurgence and it was heartening to know that the PAEC was poised to take a lead in nuclear generation.
Speaking on the occasion, PAEC chairman Ansar Parvez said Pakistan’s nuclear power plants were operating well, adding that the PAEC was moving forward to install many more nuclear power plants in coming years.
He said the PAEC was working to enhance indigenous capability, adding that technical facilities and know-how available with the PAEC was at the disposal of the PC and other such organisations to utilise it for the benefit of the country.
Earlier, in his presentation, DG Chashma Safdar Habib dwelt at length on the self-reliance programme of the PAEC in nuclear power generation, the press release added.
He cited example of KANUPP which he said was being run through indigenous capabilities since 1976 when the supplier withdrew all support.
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