China nuclear power ＂goes out＂ and the third Pakistani nuclear power plant is successfully connected to the grid.

[Observer Network Synthesis] According to The Paper’s report on October 16th, at 16: 35 local time in Pakistan on October 15th, 2016, the third nuclear power plant exported by China National Nuclear Power Group on the Belt and Road Initiative, Unit 3 of Chashma Nuclear Power, was officially connected to the grid, which became the third nuclear power plant in Pakistan. Units 1 and 2 of Chashma Nuclear Power were put into operation in 2000 and 2011 respectively.

According to the official news of CNNC, the No.3 and No.4 units of Chashma Nuclear Power Plant are a friendship project to implement China’s "One Belt, One Road" initiative, deepen China-Pakistan all-weather strategic partnership and witness the brotherhood between the two peoples. The power of the units is 340,000 kilowatts, and CNNC China Zhongyuan Foreign Engineering Co., Ltd. is responsible for the general contracting construction.

"Long live China-Pakistan friendship!" According to CNNC, Li Xiaoming, assistant general manager of CNNC, and Joseph, member of the Nuclear Power Committee of Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (the Committee), who witnessed this historical moment, applauded at the moment of successful grid connection.

Pakistan’s third nuclear power plant was successfully connected to the grid.

Over the years, China has played an important role in the construction of Pakistani nuclear power market. Pakistan’s Chashma nuclear power project is the first commercial nuclear power plant designed and built by China, which is praised by both China and Pakistan as a model of "South-South cooperation". Among them, Chashma No.1 and No.2 300,000 kW PWR nuclear power units were put into commercial operation in 2000 and 2011 respectively.

"Chashma nuclear power is a model of China-Pakistan cooperation for more than 20 years and will strongly promote China-Pakistan in-depth cooperation in many fields in the future." Li Xiaoming, assistant general manager of CNNC, said.

At the subsequent grid-connected ceremony, Li Xiaoming exchanged souvenirs with Pakistan on behalf of CNNC, and said that China and Pakistan are steadily advancing the construction of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, and are committed to building a community of destiny between China and Pakistan. CNNC and Pakistan will deepen brotherhood, and Together Brothers will achieve fruitful results in the follow-up nuclear power projects and cooperation in other fields of nuclear energy.

Joseph, on behalf of the Pakistan Committee, shared the good news that C2 (Chashma Unit 2) power station has been running at full power for 266 consecutive days, creating the best record of Pakistan’s nuclear power operation, and expressed in Chinese that long live the friendship between China and Pakistan! He said that if we look at China-Pakistan friendship, we should look at Chashma nuclear power. After C3 (Unit 3) is successfully connected to the grid, it will provide Pakistan with a steady stream of electricity and bring light to the Pakistani people. We look forward to continuing to strengthen in-depth cooperation with CNNC.

At present, CNNC has exported four 300,000-kilowatt nuclear power units and two million-kilowatt nuclear power units to Pakistan, and is actively cooperating in the fields of uranium resources and personnel training. Unit 4 has entered the stage of comprehensive commissioning, and it is expected to be officially connected to the grid for power generation in the first half of 2017. By then, it will provide clean, efficient and safe electricity for Pakistan, which is short of electricity.

In addition to the Chashma project, in August last year, Unit 2 of Karachi Nuclear Power Project in Pakistan poured the first tank of concrete. Karachi No.2 nuclear power unit is the first overseas reactor of China’s independent third-generation nuclear power technology Hualong No.1, which means that Hualong No.1 has gone abroad for the first time and landed in Pakistan.

Karachi nuclear power project (K2, K3) is the largest nuclear power project in Pakistan at present, and its site is located near Karachi, Pakistan, along the Arabian Sea, about 900 kilometers away from Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan.

According to the data of the Commercial Office of the Consulate General in Karachi, the total amount of Karachi nuclear power project is US$ 9.6 billion, the Chinese loan is US$ 6.5 billion, and the power generation capacity is 2.2 million kilowatts. The project is built by China Zhongyuan Foreign Engineering Co., Ltd., and it is planned to generate electricity in 2020.

China’s nuclear power "going out" has been exported to seven countries.

Compared with Algeria, the starting point of CNNC’s "going out", Pakistan, an important stop of CNNC’s "going out", is more familiar to the industry. Pakistan is not only an important "bridge" running through the Middle East and South Asia, but also an overseas "post station" of China’s "Silk Road Economic Belt" and "21st Century Maritime Silk Road", and will become the "economic center" of the region.

According to the China-Pakistan nuclear energy cooperation agreement, the construction of a 300,000 kW PWR nuclear power plant in Chashma, Pakistan is an intergovernmental project for peaceful use of nuclear energy between China National Nuclear Corporation (the predecessor of China National Nuclear Corporation) and Pakistan National Committee. According to a report by CBN on 16th, the project contract was signed in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on December 31st, 1991, and came into effect on February 25th, 1992 with the approval of both governments. On August 1st, 1993, the first tank of concrete (FCD) was poured. Li Xiaoming said earlier that the signing and implementation of this project indicates that China’s nuclear power technology has gone abroad and occupied a place in the international nuclear power market, which has effectively enhanced the influence of China’s nuclear industry in this field in the world.

According to official data, the Chashma Phase I nuclear power project is a milestone in the history of nuclear power development in China, and it has been highly praised by the International Atomic Energy Agency and the Pakistani and China governments for its good operation record. At the same time, the project makes China officially become the eighth exporter of nuclear power plants in the world.

According to the First Financial Report, the first phase of Chashma Nuclear Power Project was provided to Pakistan by the Chinese side in the form of turnkey, taking Qinshan Nuclear Power Plant in China as a reference. It was the largest high-tech foreign cooperation project in China at that time, with a total contract value of US$ 580 million. China is fully responsible for design, equipment procurement, civil construction, equipment installation, commissioning training and trial operation of power stations.

"In the process of project construction, the cultures of China and Pakistan are highly integrated." Li Xiaoming said earlier, "If you go to our project site, you will find that many Pakistani employees at the site speak Sichuan very well. At that time, many of our employees who went to Pakistan were Sichuan nationals. The employees of both sides had long-term contact, and dialects became one of the languages of communication. "

Like the high-speed rail, the "going out" of nuclear power has become a national strategy, and national leaders have repeatedly pushed China’s nuclear power to "go out" during their visits.

As the big brother of nuclear power enterprises in China, China National Nuclear Corporation is the only enterprise in China that has successfully exported nuclear power plants and achieved batch export. It has successfully exported 7 nuclear power units and 8 reactors or nuclear power plants to 7 countries, established scientific and technological economic and trade relations with more than 40 countries and regions around the world, and is negotiating with more than 20 countries for cooperation in the whole industrial chain of nuclear industry such as nuclear power and uranium resources, nuclear fuel and nuclear technology application.

Besides Pakistan, CNNC has signed cooperation agreements with Argentina, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Britain, France, Jordan, Armenia and other countries.

(Observer Network is from The Paper, CBN, etc.)