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India takes note of Chinese move on N-reactors in Pak
New Delhi, Sep 24 (PTI) India Friday said it has taken
"note" of the move by China to go ahead with supply of two
additional nuclear reactors to Pakistan.
"We have seen those statements...and we have noted
those statements. Let's see how it evolves. We are not members
of NSG," sources here said when asked if India was concerned
over China's plans for building two more nuclear reactors in
Pakistan.
The Chinese move has triggered persistent concerns on
the safety of atomic materials in restive Pakistan.
Earlier this week, the Chinese Foreign Affairs
ministry said Beijing has informed International Atomic Energy
Agency (IAEA) about its plans to build two more nuclear power
plants at Chashma In Pakistan in addition to the earlier two
units.
India has been discussing its concerns with its
friends and interlocutors in Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG)
about the China-Pakistan nuclear deal.
Significantly, unruffled by global concerns, Beijing
and Islamabad are in talks to build a new nuclear reactor in
Pakistan of one gigawatt capacity, which would be fifth and
more than three times powerful than the existing ones is being
proposed to be built without China notifying either the IAEA
or the NSG.
Qiu Jiangang, Vice President of the state-run China
National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC), which has already built
Pakistan's main nuclear facility at Chashma in Punjab
province, said his company was in talks to set up another
giant nuclear plant in Pakistan.
"Both sides are in discussion over the CNNC exporting
a one gigawatt nuclear plant to Pakistan", Qiu told a meeting
in Beijing without giving any details.
Qiu, the top official of the CNNC giving details about
the progress of Pakistani nuclear reactors said that besides
the main plant at Chashma, his company was completing a second
reactor there and has contracts to build two more 300 megawatt
reactors, the Wall Street Journal reported.
Qiu said the first reactor was operating safely and
the second one was being tested and expected to start formal
operations by the end of the year. PTI PYK
KAB
"note" of the move by China to go ahead with supply of two
additional nuclear reactors to Pakistan.
"We have seen those statements...and we have noted
those statements. Let's see how it evolves. We are not members
of NSG," sources here said when asked if India was concerned
over China's plans for building two more nuclear reactors in
Pakistan.
The Chinese move has triggered persistent concerns on
the safety of atomic materials in restive Pakistan.
Earlier this week, the Chinese Foreign Affairs
ministry said Beijing has informed International Atomic Energy
Agency (IAEA) about its plans to build two more nuclear power
plants at Chashma In Pakistan in addition to the earlier two
units.
India has been discussing its concerns with its
friends and interlocutors in Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG)
about the China-Pakistan nuclear deal.
Significantly, unruffled by global concerns, Beijing
and Islamabad are in talks to build a new nuclear reactor in
Pakistan of one gigawatt capacity, which would be fifth and
more than three times powerful than the existing ones is being
proposed to be built without China notifying either the IAEA
or the NSG.
Qiu Jiangang, Vice President of the state-run China
National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC), which has already built
Pakistan's main nuclear facility at Chashma in Punjab
province, said his company was in talks to set up another
giant nuclear plant in Pakistan.
"Both sides are in discussion over the CNNC exporting
a one gigawatt nuclear plant to Pakistan", Qiu told a meeting
in Beijing without giving any details.
Qiu, the top official of the CNNC giving details about
the progress of Pakistani nuclear reactors said that besides
the main plant at Chashma, his company was completing a second
reactor there and has contracts to build two more 300 megawatt
reactors, the Wall Street Journal reported.
Qiu said the first reactor was operating safely and
the second one was being tested and expected to start formal
operations by the end of the year. PTI PYK
KAB
