Pakistan: A leak of nuclear power plants

On October 20, Mr. Tariq Rashid, a spokesperson for Karachi Nuclear Power Plant (Pakistan), said that Karachi had just declared a state of emergency lasting 7 hours, after having an accident. heavy water leakage from a pipeline that supplies fuel to the nuclear reactor.

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Karachi Nuclear Power Leakage.

The Karachi nuclear power plant, known as 137 megawatts of KANUPP, began commercial operations in 1972, located about 24 km from Pakistan's largest city, Karachi on the Arabian coast.

"The nuclear power plant had to shut down from October 5 due to radioactive leaks during a routine maintenance inspection process ," Rashid said.

The state of emergency was announced for 7 hours and was removed immediately at this nuclear power plant because it was under control.

"The factory will resume operations in the next 4 or 5 weeks," Rashid said.

It is known that Pakistan has two commercial nuclear complexes located in Chashma in Punjab province. This nuclear power complex only provides about 2% of the total electricity supply for this South Asian country.