Nuclear scientists, politicians and social scientists pledged to overcome the energy crisis through all means possible. PHOTO: FILE
Energy crisis is the single largest security threat being faced by Pakistan at the moment. All other threats revolve around it.
Nuclear scientists, politicians and social scientists pledged to overcome the energy crisis through all means possible when they spoke at a seminar at Regent Plaza hotel on Saturday. The seminar, titled 'Energy Security of Pakistan All Sources Including Nuclear One', was organised by the Rabita Forum International.
The forum's chairperson, Nusrat Mirza, explained that the seminar was aimed to educate people regarding nuclear power and to address any questions they may have regarding the new nuclear power plants under construction in Karachi.
Dr Ansar Pervez, the chairperson of Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) said that Pakistanis only spoke about energy crises but never took steps to resolve the issue. Moreover, they liked to criticise those who tried to resolve it, he lamented. "We are energy-starved. We have to make use of all the energy sources, including nuclear power to meet our requirements," he said.
PAEC has 40 years of experience in the nuclear field and has run the Karachi Nuclear Power Plant (Kanupp) when Canada had stopped their fuel supply. Dr Pervez termed Kanupp a success story and also shed light on the Chashma C-1 and C-2 projects which were completed by the PAEC before their scheduled time and were running at good capacity.
Speaking about the safety of nuclear power, he refuted the idea of radiation emission from nuclear power plants, saying that the radiation from nuclear power plants was less than seismic radiation that people were exposed to every day.
"Over 15,000 of our workers have been working in Chashma for years and all are safe and sound. They have healthy children and a generation has grown up there," he said. He also briefed about the K-2 and K-3 nuclear power plants which are going to be installed in Karachi saying that the reactors which will be installed in the twin plants will have advanced safety and security measures, including double containments and active and passive safety systems that can better cope with an emergency.
Former federal minister for information, Javed Jabbar, stressed on the need to conserve the existing energy sources along with moving ahead in acquiring more energy.
"If we simply focus on conservation, we can largely overcome the existing energy crises," he said, citing the examples of water wastage in the agriculture sector. Jabbar also stressed on the provincial governments to look for alternate energy resources to resolve the crisis.
Dr Talat Wizarat of the Institute of Business Administration, in her speech, discussed the issues raised by the civil society against the installation of nuclear power plants in Karachi. She said that all the other security concepts revolved around the energy security and debates were needed to be held to understand it and address the issues related to it. Dr Shahida Wizarat of the Institute of Business Management presented a comparison of the energy sources available to Pakistan. Dr Wizarat criticised the use of fossil fuels to produce energy, claiming it was very expensive and was dependent on imports from other countries. "Pakistan should change its energy mass and reduce the thermal power, replacing it with coal and nuclear power," she advised.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 2nd, 2014.
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Energy crisis is the single largest security threat being faced by Pakistan at the moment. All other threats revolve around it. . Rubbish. A shortage of energy has never been the cause of terrorism anywhere on the planet and that includes Pakistan. Further - your so called "energy crisis" has always been a financial crisis - USA, EU, Japan etc all import energy and they don't run around around blaming everything on an "energy crisis". There is an abundance of energy available Worldwide - you just don't have the money to buy it.
It's good that the new government is finally working to add energy to the nation's electricity grid with the help of China. Musharraf did not add anything in 10 years of dictatorship so it may take a few years before the new government's policies show fruit.
There is no question that we are in need of energy. Pakistan is in a dire need to get hold of the energy crisis as much as it possible. The economy of the whole country remains at stake with the availability of energy. Industries are closed due to unavailability of power. In this entire scenario, what should be our ultimate priority? Certainly, it is to carve out the sustainable source of energy. That what Pakistani government is doing to develop nuclear power plants in Karachi. The sole aim to get rid of the energy crisis and provide energy to the utmost to every national of the country.
Pakistan is passing through energy turmoil, due to which economic and business sector of pakistan is suffering badly. GOP must opt for alternate energy source which can be reliable and relatively of cheap cost to other sources. Nuclear power plants are a good option.Pakistan has an experience of 40 years of operating nuclear power plants and no accident have been reported yet. Energy produced by nuclear power plants is safe ,environment friendly, and relatively cheap in cost.
The related authorities of Karachi Nuclear Power Plants opened debates at different forums and involved people from all walks of life to give answers to every queries. The picture is now more clear and categorically safe and secure. No suspicion is left behind.
Pakistan is very much clear of what it is doing to overcome the energy outrage. Nuclear energy is widely been used all over the globe not Pakistan is the only country opting for it. There is nothing neither new nor strange about this. Nuclear power has these credentials to efficiently meet the energy needs.
we need energy. Pakistan is in a dire need to get hold of the energy crisis as much as it possible. The economy of the whole country remains at stake with the availability of energy. Industries are closed due to unavailability of power. In this entire scenario, what should be our ultimate priority? Certainly, it is to carve out the sustainable source of energy. That what Pakistani government is doing to develop nuclear power plants in Karachi. The sole aim to get rid of the energy crisis and provide energy to the utmost to every national of the country.
The only possible and Quick solution for energy crisis is the Nuclear Energy. ow a day there has been a massive improvement in the energy demand because of industrial development, increase in population, an increase in the manufacturing of households and enhancement of living standards. Therefore the demand of power is rapidly growing in the form of electricity, diesel, petrol and coal. As we know the Pakistan’s energy issues are rising because the production of energy is insufficient to meet the growing energy demands of Pakistan, which causes power crisis or an energy crisis in Pakistan.