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Pakistan / Second China-Supplied Hualong One Reactor At Kanupp Reaches First Criticality

By David Dalton
24 February 2022

Second China-Supplied Hualong One Reactor At Kanupp Reaches First Criticality
Kanupp-3, also known as Karachi-3, achieved criticality for the first time at midnight on 21 February. Courtesy CNNC.
Unit 3 of the Kanupp nuclear power station in the Sindh region of southern Pakistan has reached first criticality, becoming the fourth Hualong One reactor – and only the second outside China – to reach that milestone.

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