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Chagai-I was Pakistan's first public test of nuclear weapons. China's supply of nuclear reactor in 1993 and nuclear technology prior to that for the Chashma Nuclear Power Plant helped to achieve it. Its timing was a direct response to India's second nuclear test Pokhran-II, on 11 and 13 May 1998.
The nuclear weapons tests of Pakistan refers to a test programme directed towards the development of nuclear explosives and investigation of the effects of nuclear explosions. The programme was suggested by Munir Ahmad Khan , chairman of the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC), as early as 1977.
Chagai-II is the codename assigned to the second atomic test conducted by Pakistan, carried out on 30 May 1998 in the Kharan Desert in Balochistan Province of Pakistan. [3] Chagai-II took place two days after Pakistan's first successful test , Chagai-I , which was carried out on 28 May 1998 in the Ras Koh area in Chagai District , Balochistan ...
Project-706, also known as Project-786 was the codename of a research and development program to develop Pakistan's first nuclear weapons. [1] The program was initiated by Prime Minister Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto in 1974 in response to the Indian nuclear tests conducted in May 1974.
Pakistan is a friendly country with whom we have good economic and political relations." [147] In 1986, it was reported that both countries have signed a mutual treaty of peaceful use of civil nuclear technology agreement in which China would supply Pakistan a civil-purpose nuclear power plant.
In 2021, Pakistan's nuclear power plants produced a total of 15.3 terawatt-hours of electricity, which accounted for roughly 10% of the nation's total electric energy generation. [1] [2] [3] Pakistan is the first country in the Muslim world to construct and operate commercial nuclear plants, with first being commissioned in 1972.: 31–33 [4]
Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) (Urdu: ماموریہ جوہری توانائی پاکستان, romanized: māmūrīa jauhrī tawānā'ī pākistān) is a federally funded independent governmental agency, concerned with research and development of nuclear power, promotion of nuclear science, energy conservation and the peaceful use of nuclear technology.
The Chashma Nuclear Power Plant (or CHASNUPP) is a large commercial nuclear power plant located at Chashma in Mianwali, Punjab, Pakistan. [3]Officially known as Chashma Nuclear Power Complex, the nuclear power plant is generating energy for industrial usage with four nuclear reactors with one being in construction phase in cooperation with China. [4]