China close to deal to build six nuclear power plants for Pakistan

[TexasLawyer]

Report: China close to deal to build six nuclear power plants for Pakistan
The Associated Press

Published: September 1, 2006

BEIJING China hopes to sign a deal in November to supply reactors to Pakistan for six new nuclear power plants, a government news agency said Friday. The plants would be built within 10 years, the Xinhua News Agency said, citing an unidentified Pakistani official. It didn't give a price for the deal.

China and Pakistan are close allies.

The planned power plants each would have a capacity of 300 megawatts, according to Xinhua. China helped Pakistan construct a 300-megawatt nuclear power station at Chashma in Punjab province in 1999.

A second facility is under construction at the same site.

http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/09/01/business/AS_FIN_China_Pakistan_Nuclear_Power.php