Chinese firm wins contract for Pakistani nuclear power plant

BEIJING: A Chinese firm on Wednesday signed the first contract to provide components for a second nuclear power station that Beijing is building in Pakistan, the state media reported. China First Heavy Industries Co Ltd won public bids to supply the pressure vessel for the new reactor which will be built at Chashma, Xinhua news agency said. The pressure vessel, where the core of the reactor will be placed, is the key component guaranteeing the security and durability of the nuclear power plant, it said. The vessel will be built in the northeastern city of Dalian and it is due to be completed in 38 months. It was the first equipment supply contract signed by the China National Nuclear Corporation, it said. The CNNC and Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission in May signed an agreement to build the plant. The $600-million C-2 (Chashma-2) project is likely to be completed in six years. A similar capacity plant built in Chashma with Chinese help became operational in 1999. CNNC deputy general manager Huang Guojun told Xinhua that China’s transfer of nuclear technology and its nuclear cooperation with Pakistan were strictly in accordance with international treaties. afp

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