Pakistan plans to build new atomic plants under IAEA
Daily Times Monitor
LAHORE: Pakistan has proposed to build new atomic plants under the auspices of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), reported Pakistan Television news on Thursday.
The chairman of the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission, Dr Pervez Butt, said Pakistan would use nuclear technology peacefully for socio-economic development, reported PTV.
Mr Butt was addressing the 48th session of the General Conference of the IAEA in Vienna. “Pakistan has made good economic progress in recent years and its energy needs have also increased, for which it requires more atomic power plants,†PTV news quoted him as saying.
“Pakistan has significantly increased measures to protect its nuclear installations,†PTV news quoted Mr Butt as saying. He briefed the conference on Pakistani nuclear plants’ safety and on other projects, PTV reported.
According to the PTV news report, Mr Butt was disappointment that sophisticated gadgets for safety measures were not being provided to Pakistan by developed countries. “Uranium is the future oil and we should expedite efforts for its search,†PTV reported Mr Butt as saying.
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_24-9-2004_pg7_53
Pakistan is a declared nuclear power and i dont understand the thinking behind not provideing suphisticated security gadgets to Pakistan espacially when all this is done under IAEA.
Daily Times Monitor
LAHORE: Pakistan has proposed to build new atomic plants under the auspices of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), reported Pakistan Television news on Thursday.
The chairman of the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission, Dr Pervez Butt, said Pakistan would use nuclear technology peacefully for socio-economic development, reported PTV.
Mr Butt was addressing the 48th session of the General Conference of the IAEA in Vienna. “Pakistan has made good economic progress in recent years and its energy needs have also increased, for which it requires more atomic power plants,†PTV news quoted him as saying.
“Pakistan has significantly increased measures to protect its nuclear installations,†PTV news quoted Mr Butt as saying. He briefed the conference on Pakistani nuclear plants’ safety and on other projects, PTV reported.
According to the PTV news report, Mr Butt was disappointment that sophisticated gadgets for safety measures were not being provided to Pakistan by developed countries. “Uranium is the future oil and we should expedite efforts for its search,†PTV reported Mr Butt as saying.
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_24-9-2004_pg7_53
Pakistan is a declared nuclear power and i dont understand the thinking behind not provideing suphisticated security gadgets to Pakistan espacially when all this is done under IAEA.