Karachi Nuclear Power Complex - KANUPP-I

KANUPP-I

The Karachi Nuclear Power Plant, also known as KANUPP, is located at Paradise Point, Karachi. The The KANUPP-I is a CANDU reactor supplied by the Canadian Government in 1972. It was inaugurated November 28, 1972 by then-President Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto. KANUPP-I is a single unit CANDU-PHWR with a total gross capacity of 137 MW. According to the media sources, the KANUPP-I will be decommissioned from its services on 2012 and the second reactor will be taking its place. The KANUPP-I reactor, since from its begaining, is under International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspection and its safeguards

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